Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
National Police Agency; NPA
secretary (government); director; chief
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
electrical machinery; appliances
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
munitions; military stores
enterprise; business; company; corporation
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
just one person; only one
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
postwar period; period after Second World War
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
percent; per cent; percentage
maintenance; preservation; improvement
first year of high school; first-year high school student
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
well-bred; of good upbringing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of