landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
clear; precise; definite; distinct
information media; press; news organs
Japanese person; Japanese people
dominion; territory; possession
effective control (over territory); working control
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
possession (esp. of a territory)
national defence; national defense
review; reconsideration; revision
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
young person; youth; young
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous