government; administration
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to complete decisively; to do to completion
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
(United States of) America; USA; US
constitutional change; revising the constitution
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
development; exploitation
base (military, expedition, etc.)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to differ; to vary; to disagree
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
master; teacher; stable master
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
headquarters; head office; main office