official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
armed forces; military; troops
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
armed group; armed insurgents
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
chief; main; principal; important
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
consideration; taking into account
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
self-righteousness; self-justified
international law; law of nations
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
war; fighting; fierce competition
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
amount of light; quantity of light
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing