countermeasure; counter-measure
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
consideration; taking into account
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to thrust before; to thrust at
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to pass (of time); to elapse
labor-relations board; labour-relations board
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
blank period; window period; interregnum
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
time of great change; era of reform
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking
everywhere; at every turn
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither