Taisho era (1912-1926) and early Showa era (1926-1945) were the period that Japan rapid rose and eventually took to the road of aggression and expansion.

大正时代(1912—1926年)、昭和时代前期(1926—1945年)是日本迅速崛起并最终走上侵略扩张道路的时期。

youdao

The power has the nature of corruption, expansion and aggression upon the right, so it is necessary to restrict the power by law.

权力在客观上存在着易腐性、扩张性以及对权利的侵犯，由于权力的本质决定，有必要制约权力。

youdao

I'm thinking primarily of Europe, since we have forgiven their debts in the past and we rescued them from German aggression (twice) and protected them from Soviet expansion.

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