one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
(United States of) America; USA; US
blow; shock; strike; batting
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
in history; ever; historical
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to bring; to take; to bring about
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
military authorities; army circles
to gather strength; to take heart
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
Java (Indonesian island); Java coffee
offensive (movement); aggression