not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
domestic affairs; internal administration
to affect; to impact; to influence
beginning; opening; start; outset
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
current administration; present government
conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)
established policy; existing procedures
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
to some extent; to a certain extent
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
way; method; means; resource; course
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to talk big (about); to talk boastfully (about); to talk overconfidently (about); to make a bold statement (about)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
too (much); overly; excessively
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area