Vocabulary

retention; keeping in custody (e.g. of a court)

freemartin

(office) building for rent

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

semiformal attire; semiformal dress

famous bridge; masterpiece of a bridge

craftsmanship

cooking sake

in one ear and out the other

eagerness; avidity; avidness; keenness

older brother

semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths

official letter (esp. in internal company corresp.); formal letter

suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance

gift received from a visitor

Tilapia (large genus of cichlid fish)

gift received from a visitor

long distance; long time

shark fin

shark fin

shark fin

shark fin soup

shark fin

Asian countries with alleged strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea and North Korea)

Asian countries with alleged strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea)

snake shōchū

expanding pipe; diffuser; expander; reducer

anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign

Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)

Russo-German War (1941-1945)

Russo-German War (1941-1945)

Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

nonaggression pact; nonaggression treaty

Normandy landings (1944); Invasion of Normandy

D-Day

Battle of Midway (June 1942)

Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

inviolable right

high-purity stainless steel

to look on enviously while doing nothing; to hold a finger in one's mouth