to fly in flocks; to fly in great numbers
to begin to bloom; to come out
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to burrow through; to dig through
to rev (up) an engine; to race an engine
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
broadcast program; broadcast programme
man of the hour; woman of the hour
hello; good day; good afternoon
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
pacifist constitution (i.e. the current Japanese constitution); peace constitution
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
violation of the constitution
self-defense; self-defence
calamity; misfortune; disaster
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
international cooperation; international harmony
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
final game; final games; the finals
argument; dispute; controversy
export; exportation; efferent
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
munitions industry; war industry