development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
about; on; regarding; per; for every
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
prototype model; experimental machine
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
various countries; various regions; various provinces
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
our country; our land; one's own country
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)