measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
intercept; interception; counter-attack
function; facility; faculty; feature
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
France; French (language)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
prototype model; experimental machine
one machine; one aircraft; one life
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to escape from; to get out
defense; defence; protection
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
munitions industry; war industry
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
whispering into a person's ear
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs