top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
(political) administration; political power
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
this sort of; this type of
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
final; eventual; ultimate
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
already; now; no longer; not any more
Homo economicus; economic human; financial expert; businessperson
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
there is nothing; having nothing
(idle) ease; idleness; leisureliness
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
probability; likelihood; chances
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
long (time that has passed); old (story)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict