valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
accomplishment; execution
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
National Security Council
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
custom; habit; customary practice
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
being under military occupation
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
error; mistake; slip; bug
testimony; (verbal) evidence
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
bush; thicket; shrub; copse
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty