explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
Defense Intelligence Agency (USA)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
political measures; policy
to become settled; to be fixed
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
function; facility; faculty; feature
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to repeat; to do over again
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
area; region; district; locality
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
first generation; founder
land, sea and air; army, navy and air force
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
operating expenses; budget
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
estimate (of costs); budget
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)