business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
non-achievement (of a goal); failing to achieve
to stop talking; to be silent
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
condition; situation; prospects
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
imprudence; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misunderstanding
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
1,000,000; one million; million; many
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
enterprising man; businessman; industrialist
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed