hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
moving about; stirring about
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
internal conditions; true state of affairs
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
layout map; block plan; layout plan
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
service in the first reserve
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
forcibly; against one's will
requisition; commandeering; conscription
world; society; people; the public
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring