unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
public institution; public organization; official body
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
another; different; separate; discrete
leader; magnate; bigwig; extremely large head
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
almost every day; almost daily
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
gross profit; gross margin
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
root; source; origin; cause
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
(political) party convention
Yoyogi National Gymnasium; Yoyogi National Stadium
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
date (of an event, meeting, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
(necessary) personnel; required person
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release