measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
(national) capital (city); metropolis
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test
coastal waters; adjacent seas
supersonic transport; SST; social skills training; SST; Spitzer Space Telescope; SST
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
middle period; medium-term
this sort of; this type of
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
manipulation of information; spin
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
chief; main; principal; important
intelligence network; information network
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
mass communication; mass media
distribution (of information, news, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming (over the Internet)
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose