to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
writing; composition; essay; sentence
form; shape; figure; morph
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
person killed in action; the war dead
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
private citizen; civilian
death toll; number of deaths; body count
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
delusion; trick of the imagination
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
territory; domain; dominion; possession
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
one's (living) environment
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
return; relapse; recurrence
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
entire world; whole world; world stage
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
strong interaction; strong force
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
manners; behavior; behaviour