ministries and government offices; the authorities
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
hegemony; leadership; initiative
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
leaving everything to someone else
thought; consideration; thinking
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
then; and (then); in that case; if so
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to recall; to remember; to recollect
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic