agent; agent; secret agent; spy
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
public transportation; public transport
safety; welfare; well-being
thousands; several thousand
police officer; policeman; policewoman
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
proper; right; reasonable
to play a central role; to take a leading part
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
different opinion; objection
disobeying an order; insubordination
writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
government office; public office
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
to have a reason; to have an excuse
pontoon bridge; floating bridge; bridge (of a ship)
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
defence program; defence plan
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
calming down; quieting down
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
all times and places; all ages and countries
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring