worldwide financial crisis; global depression
duty; obligation; responsibility
to hold fast; to protect to the end
decision; determination; resolution
preservation; retainment; keeping
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
possible; likely; probable
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
price movement; price fluctuation
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to withstand; to be able to endure
location of a press conference; press conference room
that is to say; so that means
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
process; course; mechanism
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
capital strength (of an enterprise)
governor of a central bank
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
at first; in the beginning; originally
U.S. forces; American military
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
military of the Empire of Japan
naval brigade; naval land forces
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
(apportioning) in small amounts
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination