resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to be conspicuous; to stand out
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
political system; political institution; regime
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
side effect; adverse reaction
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
school of popular writing
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing
near oneself; close to one; familiar
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
passive; lacking initiative; lacking autonomy
commercial and industrial men
expansionary fiscal policy
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
national defence; national defense
February; second month of the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe