plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
battlefield; battleground
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
tradition; legend; folklore
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
that's the way it is; such is life
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
sympathy; compassion; pity
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to spit out; to eject; to dump
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
calm; composed; leisurely
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head