| 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] |