where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
calamity; disaster; accident
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
BC; Before Christ; biological and chemical (weapons)
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
thousands; several thousand
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
attendee; participant; person present
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
body; physical system; (the) person
property; fortune; assets
Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995)
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
to order; to command; to appoint
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally