domestic affairs; internal administration
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
allocation; assignment; allotment
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
business trip; official trip
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
grandfather; old man; elderly man
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man