jpdb beta

Island; insula; island; islet

1

indigenous people; native people; aborigines

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

to buy; to purchase; to buy out

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive

1

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

2

electron; electronic

1

rare metal; minor metal

1

rare earth; rare-earth element

1

rock; boulder; crag

2

material; substance; matter

1

under the control (of); under the dominion (of)

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

use of (military) force

1

number; amount

2

military strength; military personnel

1

military force; force of arms; strength of an army

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

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)

5

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

2

weak attitude

1

rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)

1

priority; preference; preferential right; right of way

1

in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see

1

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

Middle East

1

state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

2

to give a reason

1

(in) secrecy; behind closed doors

1

to win; to gain victory

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

the modern era; present day

2

arms; weapon; ordnance

7

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

4

just because; even if; even though

2

absolute

2

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

overwhelming

1

technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities

1

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

example; illustration; precedent

1

history

2

too many to count; too numerous to mention

1

action; operation; process; agency; effect; function

1

the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

1

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

physical law; laws of physics

2