promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
shoji (paper sliding door)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
location of a press conference; press conference room
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to rule; to govern; to administer
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
person in charge of public relations; PR manager
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
in the same way as; just like
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky