Meanings

daytime work

every day and every night

very short-lived regime

arched eyebrows

one's saint's day

baptism day

today of all days

within the next couple of days

day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

safe day (when unprotected sex is less likely to lead to conception)

unsafe day (when unprotected sex can to lead to conception)

scarcity of eligible men

Rising Sun flag

this day last week

first (of its kind) in Japan

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Japanese economy