land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
defense; defence; protection
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
split; division; break up
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
disclosure; exposure; revelation
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
contradiction; inconsistency
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal