protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
religious issue; religious problem; religious question
Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Church
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
I've got to be going; I must go
periodic; regular; routine
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
member nation; member state; signatory
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
international community; international society; the world
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
in respect of; in regards to; as for
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
knowing; (an) acquaintance
four corners; four ordinal directions
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
the world in general; society; convention
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese