(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
previous president (immediately preceding the incumbent); former president
land, sea and air; army, navy and air force
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
chief of staff (esp. of US president)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
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 cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
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
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
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
androgynous; gender-neutral
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
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
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
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