remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
function; facility; faculty; feature
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
on the occasion of; at the time of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
scale; scope; plan; structure
(political) power; authority; influence
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
military intervention; armed intervention
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
existence; being; presence
official announcement; proclamation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
leaking out; leakage; leak
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
Kansai International Airport (abbr)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
proposed site; site chosen
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to repeat; to do over again