defense capability; defence capability
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
explosive; blasting powder
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
storehouse; warehouse; godown
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
interior; inside; internal
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
world; society; people; the public
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
relation; connection; relevance
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
regarding highly; attaching importance to
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
be (that) as it may; having said that
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
interference; intervention; meddling
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently