our country; our land; one's own country
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to play a leading role; to play a central part
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to establish; to formulate
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)