diesel oil; gas oil; light oil
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
Island; insula; island; islet
how long; how much; 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
millions; several million; a few million
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
armed forces; military; troops
conservativeness; conservatism; regression; retrogression; unadventurousness
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
again and again; repeatedly
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
accumulation; accumulate; store
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
Europe and America; the West
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
how; in what way; how about; questionable
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; 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)