prevention measure; preventive measures
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
principle; theory; fundamental truth
trial product; prototype model
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
ancient time; age of the gods
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
circulation; dissemination
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
encryption; encipherment; password protection
plain text; unciphered text
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
military authorities; army circles
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
namely; that is (to say); in other words
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
to throw into; to toss into
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
Britain and France; Anglo-French
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition