compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
action; operation; effect; function
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
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)
person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
calamity; disaster; misfortune
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
mental derangement; madness; insanity
mentally deranged person; lunatic
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
established fact; fait accompli
ratification; confirmation
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
to knead well; to polish; to refine
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
leadership; initiative; spearhead
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
department; bureau; section; part