main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
outside the country; abroad
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
damage caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors); reputational damage
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
back off!; leave me alone!
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
Japan Sinks (1973 novel by Sakyo Komatsu)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge