late unpleasantness

Noun

euphemistic

(euphemistic) A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.

Japanese Meaning

（婉曲表現として）近年の戦争、特にアメリカ南北戦争を指す

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Grandfather rarely spoke about the late unpleasantness, but we could see the pain still lingered in his eyes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

祖父は南北戦争のことをめったに話さなかったが、私たちは彼の目に痛みがまだ残っているのが見てとれた。

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(euphemistic) A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.

It is unlikely that anyone with significant knowledge of the Army or the late unpleasantness in Southeast Asia, upon reading these two sentences, would respond other than with a scatological barnyard expletive or some more genteel utterance representing the same level of acceptance.

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late unpleasantnesses

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