armaments; military preparations
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
country; territory; domain; realm
major war; great war; world war
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
accession to the throne; enthronement
use; utilization; utilisation; application
dozens; scores of; decades
organs of the state; machinery of the state
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
calamity; disaster; misfortune
real experience; actual observations
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
traditional art; traditional performance art