brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
Siberia Intervention (1918-1922); Siberian Expedition
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
unprecedented; record-breaking
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
munitions; military stores
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
industrial company; business firm
factory; plant; mill; workshop
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to finish reading; to read through
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
in the end; at the end of the day
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
ability; capability; skill
to brush off; to shake off
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to forget to say; to forget to mention
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
plural; multiple; several
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable