summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
people of color (colour); non-white races
modern state; modern nation
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
leader; guide; mentor; coach
World War III; Third World War
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
first generation; founder
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
Watanabe Shouichi (1930.10-)
with a light thud; with a flop; with a (light) clap; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
use; utility; effect; benefit
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
tacit; unspoken; implicit
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
colonization; colonisation
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
The New York Times (newspaper)
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy