don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
now; the present time; just now; another; more
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
settlement; solution; resolution
thorough; exhaustive; complete
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Washington, D.C. (United States); Washington (US state)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
(political) administration; political power
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied