pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
presumption; assumption; estimation
influential person; man of importance
prospecting; trial digging
pessimism; disappointment
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
secrecy; highly classified information
official announcement; proclamation
way (of doing); manner; method; means
mechanism; organization; organisation
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
best qualified person; most suitable person
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
course; route; path; process; means
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
(Russian) maritime provinces
indirection; indirectness
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
arbitrary decision; on one's own authority; arbitrariness
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
state of mind; mentality; psychology
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi