to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
patient's condition; pathology
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
within; inside of; less than
resignation (from a position)
almost; roughly; approximately
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
instability; insecurity; crankiness
secretary (government); director; chief
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
leader; authority; mainstay
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
cabinet (of a government); ministry
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
management; administration; operation
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse