secretary (government); director; chief
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
to talk to oneself; to mutter
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
reproductive capability; fertility; fecundity; biotic potential
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
entering and leaving hospital
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
to finish reading; to read through
green light; (giving) permission; OK
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
reconnaissance satellite; spy satellite
countermeasure; counter-measure
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
study group; study meeting
every single word and phrase; word by word
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
(student) exchange; study abroad
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days