influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
intenseness; violence; severity; vehemence; keenness
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
maximization; maximisation
patriotic feelings; patriotism
national crisis; national disaster
country; territory; domain; realm
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
strong nation; powerful country
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)