misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
armed forces; military; troops
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
attendance; presence; appearance
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
in succession; one by one
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
please; somehow or other; one way or another
that day; the very same day
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
hostile nature; inimical character
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
danger; peril; hazard; risk
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat