[へいあん, heian] (adj-na, n) (1) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (n) (2) Heian era (794-1185); (P) #3540
[たいへいようせんそう, taiheiyousensou] (n) Pacific War (1941-1945); (P) #5601
[しゃかく, shakaku] (n) (1) (obs) shrine ranking (abolished in 1946); (2) company ranking #10936
[すうみついん, suumitsuin] (n) (Japanese) Privy Council (abolished in 1947) #15462
[めいとく, meitoku] (n) (1) virtue; (2) Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5) #16770
[しほうしょう, shihoushou] (n) (See 法務省) Ministry of Justice (1871-1948 CE) #18589
[アジアたいへいようせんそう(アジア太平洋戦争);アジア・たいへいようせんそう(アジア・太平洋戦争), ajia taiheiyousensou ( ajia taiheiyousensou ); ajia . taiheiyousensou ( ajia . taih] (n) (See 十五年戦争, 太平洋戦争) Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)
[インドシナせんそう, indoshina sensou] (n) (See ベトナム戦争) (first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
[ジェノサイドじょうやく, jienosaido jouyaku] (n) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)
[スターリングラードのたたかい, suta-ringura-do notatakai] (n) Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
[ノルマンディーじょうりくさくせん, norumandei-jourikusakusen] (n) Invasion of Normandy (June-July 1944); Normandy Invasion
[バルジのたたかい, baruji notatakai] (n) Battle of the Bulge (1944-1945)
[bibappu ; bi-bappu] (n) bebop (1940s popular music)
[ポツダムかいだん, potsudamu kaidan] (n) Potsdam Conference (Jul.-Aug., 1945 conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)
[ポツダムせんげん, potsudamu sengen] (n) Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)
[マリアナおきかいせん, mariana okikaisen] (n) Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
[マレーおきかいせん, mare-okikaisen] (n) Naval Battle off Malaya (Dec. 10, 1941)
[ミッドウェーかいせん, middoue-kaisen] (n) Battle of Midway (June 1942)
[ヤルタかいだん, yaruta kaidan] (n) Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945)
[レイテおきかいせん, reite okikaisen] (n) Battle of Leyte Gulf (Oct. 23-25, 1944)
[いりょうほう, iryouhou] (n) Medical Service Law (1948)
[おうえい, ouei] (n) Ouei era (1394.7.5-1428.4.27)
[おきなわせん, okinawasen] (n) Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
[かほう, kahou] (n) Kahou era (1094.12.15-1096.12.17)
[かんじ, kanji] (n) Kanji era (1087.4.7-1094.12.15)
[かんこくへいごう, kankokuheigou] (n) annexation of Korea (by Japan; 1910-1945)
[きげんせつ, kigensetsu] (n) (See 建国記念の日) Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
[きょういくそうかんぶ, kyouikusoukanbu] (n) Inspectorate General of Military Training (1898-1945)
[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)
[きんゆうしょうひんとりひきほう, kinyuushouhintorihikihou] (n) Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (1948)
[げんすいふ, gensuifu] (n) Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
[ごかん;こうかん, gokan ; koukan] (n) (1) (esp. ごかん) Later Han Dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE); (2) (esp. こうかん) Later Han Dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE)
[こうにんじょうがんじだい, kouninjouganjidai] (n) Kounin-Jougan period (of Japanese art history, approx. 794-894 CE)
[こうそくほう, kousokuhou] (n) Act on Port Regulations (1948)
[こっかこうむいんほう, kokkakoumuinhou] (n) (Japanese) National Civil Service Law (1947)
[こっかぎょうせいそしきほう, kokkagyouseisoshikihou] (n) National Government Organization Law (1948)
[こっかちほうけいさつ, kokkachihoukeisatsu] (n) national rural police (established in 1947, abolished in 1954)
[こくみんがっこう, kokumingakkou] (n) elementary school (in an educational system operated in Japan between 1941 and 1947)
[こくみんふく, kokuminfuku] (n) national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
[こくりつがっこうせっちほう, kokuritsugakkousecchihou] (n) National School Establishment Law (1949)
[しだいせつ, shidaisetsu] (n) (See 紀元節, 四方拝, 天長節, 明治節) the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
[しなじへん, shinajihen] (n) (sens) Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
[じどうふくしほう, jidoufukushihou] (n) Child Welfare Law (1947)
[しゃかいたいしゅうとう, shakaitaishuutou] (n) Socialist Masses Party (pre-war political party; established in 1932, eliminated by the government in 1940)
[じゅうごねんせんそう, juugonensensou] (n) Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)
[まつもとサリンじけん, matsumoto sarin jiken] (n) Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
[じょうようかんじ, jouyoukanji] (n) (See 当用漢字) kanji for common use (list of 2, 136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1, 945 established in 1981); (P)
[しんえん, shin'en] (n) new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)
[しんかなづかい, shinkanadukai] (n) (See 旧仮名遣い) modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946)
[しんけんぽう, shinkenpou] (n) (See 大日本帝国憲法, 日本国憲法) new constitution (in force from 1944); postwar constitution