both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
vice president (of a country)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
distant; remote; isolated
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
communications equipment; terminal; communications device
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
assistance; backing; reinforcements
our country; our land; one's own country
the Third Reich; Nazi Germany
(enter into, be in) a state of war
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence