defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
industrial area; industrial zone
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
branch; branch office; subdivision
split; division; break up
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
power map; power structure; power relationships
formation process; morphosis
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)