(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
discovery; detection; finding
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
dealing with; coping with
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
control; management; supervision
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to bring; to take; to bring about
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should