Minister for Foreign Affairs
national defence; national defense
court council; privy council
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
court lady; lady-in-waiting
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
parent-child relationship
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
ambassador plenipotentiary
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
government service; official position; civil service
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
wounded person; injured person
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...