Department of Homeland Security; DHS
safety department; security department
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
just; fair; proper; reasonable
record keeper; recorder; archivist
recommendation (by others)
good result; good outcome
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
a good workman does not blame his tools
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to start shouting; to break out
cheerfully working; hasty
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
outline; summary; gist; in brief
signature; signing; sealing
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
number-withheld phone calls
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
technical advisor; expert advisor
precocity; early ripening; premature development