| ポツダム会談 | [ポツダムかいだん, potsudamu kaidan] (n) Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany) [Add to Longdo] |
| 玉音放送 | [ぎょくおんほうそう, gyokuonhousou] (n) (See ポツダム宣言) radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945) [Add to Longdo] |
| 残暑 | [ざんしょ, zansho] (n) (refers to heat following 立秋, approx. Aug. 8) (See 立秋) late summer heat; lingering summer heat; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 残暑見舞い;残暑見舞 | [ざんしょみまい, zanshomimai] (n) (See 残暑) late-summer greeting card (sent from about Aug. 8 onward) [Add to Longdo] |
| 処暑 | [しょしょ, shosho] (n) (See 二十四節気) "limit of heat" solar term (approx. Aug. 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down) [Add to Longdo] |
| 生麦事件 | [なまむぎじけん, namamugijiken] (n) Namamugi Incident (Aug. 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair [Add to Longdo] |
| 立秋 | [りっしゅう, risshuu] (n) (See 二十四節気) first day of autumn (approx. Aug. 8); first day of fall [Add to Longdo] |