both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
as many (people) as possible
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
calamity; disaster; misfortune
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to accept; to receive; to agree
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
coastal waters; adjacent seas
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
100,000,000; one hundred million
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to be lacking in options; to be too few
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
country; territory; domain; realm
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture