how much; how many; to what extent
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
several million; millions (of)
vengeful spirit (spawned from a living person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
armed forces; military; troops
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
conservativeness; conservatism; regression; retrogression; unadventurousness
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
again and again; repeatedly
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
left-hand radical of a character
accumulation; accumulate; store
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
situation; state of things; current affairs
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
writing; book; (literary) work
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to be doing; to be in the process of doing