300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
Japan and the Republic of China
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
Mongolia (region); Greater Mongolia; Mongolian Plateau; Mongols (nomadic tribe)
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou (China); Canton
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
heading; headline; index; headword
almost every day; almost daily
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
treatment; service; handling; management
false news; canard; fabricated news story; misinformation; fake news
guess; speculation; supposition
article; news story; report; account
keynote; predominant element; main point
to turn red (with anger); to be furious; to be livid
competing; competition; auction
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
difference; discrepancy; variation
strike (i.e. industrial action)
means; way; method; measure
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
single flower; one wheel; full moon
principle; theory; fundamental truth
soon; before long; in the near future
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
investigation; research; looking something up
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to shout (in anger); to yell