countermeasure; counter-measure
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
first generation; founder
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to affect; to impact; to influence
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
mediator; middleman; intermediary; carrier (e.g. disease)
means of transportation; transport service
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
a help; an aid; some assistance
paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
material (data) for one's research; research material
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
life or death; existence; destiny
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
suspicious-looking; fishy
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to rebuild; to reconstruct
Saitama (city, prefecture)
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality