proving ground; test site
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
foreign business; foreign enterprise; foreign corporation
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
traitor (to one's country); quisling
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
Minister of Health and Welfare
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
Minister for Foreign Affairs
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain); politico
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something
information bureau; intelligence department
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award; to make a one handed cutting gesture of apology when passing in front of people
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged