Vocabulary

sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Shanghai Incident (1932); January 28 Incident

Shanghai Incident (1932); January 28 Incident

Battle of Shanghai (1937)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War

Korean War (1950-1953)

Korean War (1950-1953)

way of life

chaos on the roads; traffic war

getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus

corporate embezzlement

small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter

unmanned train station

unstaffed railway crossing

prestigious school

enthusiast; maniac; fanatic; nut; freak

strabismus; squint

walleyes (from London-Paris, i.e. "One eye looks at London, one eye looks at Paris"); squint; divergent strabismus

(a) mute; mute person

person with a language disorder; person with a speech disorder

special school; special needs school

special needs school

learning disability; learning disabled

child with a learning disability

learning disabled child

person missing at least one hand

one arm

person with a skin disease (esp. syphilis); syphilitic patient

person with skin disease (esp. syphilis)

mongolism; Down's syndrome

phimosis; tightening of the foreskin

burakumin area

assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area

private investigation agency