| 二战 | [èr zhàn, ㄦˋ ㄓㄢˋ, 二 战 / 二 戰] second world war; WWII #9,359 [Add to Longdo] |
| 宪兵队 | [xiàn bīng duì, ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄟˋ, 宪 兵 队 / 憲 兵 隊] the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII) #82,834 [Add to Longdo] |
| 蒙巴顿 | [Méng bā dùn, ㄇㄥˊ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄨㄣˋ, 蒙 巴 顿 / 矇 巴 頓] Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenburg); Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. #101,658 [Add to Longdo] |
| 哥尼斯堡 | [Gē ní sī bǎo, ㄍㄜ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ, 哥 尼 斯 堡] (until WWII) Königsberg, capital of East Prussia on the Baltic; (since WWII) Kaliningrad, Russian Republic #206,669 [Add to Longdo] |
| 八·一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ㄨˇ, 八 · 一 五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
| 八一五 | [bā yī wǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄧ ㄨˇ, 八 一 五] cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
| 终战 | [zhōng zhàn, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ, 终 战 / 終 戰] end of war; armistice; cf Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
| 终战日 | [zhōng zhàn rì, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄢˋ ㄖˋ, 终 战 日 / 終 戰 日] armistice day; cf Japan's surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 [Add to Longdo] |
| 关东军 | [Guān dōng jūn, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ, 关 东 军 / 關 東 軍] the Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantou army), responsible for numerous atrocities in China during WWII [Add to Longdo] |
| 元老 | [げんろう, genrou] (n) (1) elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority; (2) Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor); (P) #10,410 [Add to Longdo] |
| 内地 | [ないち, naichi] (n) (1) (sens) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; (2) inland area; (3) (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland; (4) (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu) #16,236 [Add to Longdo] |
| ぱんぱん;パンパン | [panpan ; panpan] (adv, adv-to) (1) (on-mim) kapow; bang; slap; clap; (adj-na) (2) (on-mim) bulging; filled to bursting; (n) (3) (パンパン only) (See パンパンガール) prostitute (esp. just after WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| パンパンガール | [panpanga-ru] (n) prostitute (esp. one consorting with occupation soldiers after WWII); pan-pan girl [Add to Longdo] |
| 回天;廻天 | [かいてん, kaiten] (n) (1) changing the world; turning the tide; (2) torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 外省人 | [がいしょうじん, gaishoujin] (n) (1) (See 本省人) (China) someone from outside one's own province; (2) (Taiwan) someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII [Add to Longdo] |
| 旧仮名 | [きゅうがな, kyuugana] (n) former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji [Add to Longdo] |
| 旧仮名使い;旧仮名遣い;旧仮名遣 | [きゅうかなづかい, kyuukanadukai] (n) (See 新仮名遣い) former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji [Add to Longdo] |
| 抗日運動 | [こうにちうんどう, kounichiundou] (n) anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign [Add to Longdo] |
| 高度経済成長 | [こうどけいざいせいちょう, koudokeizaiseichou] (n) rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 高度成長期 | [こうどせいちょうき, koudoseichouki] (n) period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 女工哀史 | [じょこうあいし, jokouaishi] (n) sad (tragic, pathetic) story (history) of factory girls in pre-WWII Japan [Add to Longdo] |
| 女子挺身隊 | [じょしていしんたい, joshiteishintai] (n) (See 従軍慰安婦) women's volunteer corps (groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII, sometimes mistakenly associated with comfort women) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鍾馗;鍾き | [しょうき, shouki] (n) (1) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80, 000 demons; (2) Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft) [Add to Longdo] |
| 新年宴会 | [しんねんえんかい, shinnen'enkai] (n) (1) New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII); (2) (See 新年会) New Year's party [Add to Longdo] |
| 西洋館 | [せいようかん, seiyoukan] (n) western style-house (esp. those built before WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 第二次大戦 | [だいにじたいせん, dainijitaisen] (n) Second World War; WWII [Add to Longdo] |
| 地久節 | [ちきゅうせつ, chikyuusetsu] (n) Empress's Birthday (esp. as celebrated prior to WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 特殊潜航艇 | [とくしゅせんこうてい, tokushusenkoutei] (n) special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 日独伊三国軍事同盟 | [にちどくいさんごくぐんじどうめい, nichidokuisangokugunjidoumei] (n) Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 粕取り;糟取り | [かすとり, kasutori] (n) (1) shochu made from sake lees; (2) low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch) [Add to Longdo] |
| 被占領期 | [ひせんりょうき, hisenryouki] (n) occupation period (e.g. post-WWII period during which the Allies occupied Japan) [Add to Longdo] |
| 伏龍;伏竜 | [ふくりゅう, fukuryuu] (n) suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII) [Add to Longdo] |
| 連合軍 | [れんごうぐん, rengougun] (n) (WWII) the Allies; allied forces [Add to Longdo] |