private; exclusive; secret
don't worry about it; forget about it
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
job (responsibility) of a section
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
ministries and government offices; the authorities
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
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
constitutional change; revising the constitution
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
development; exploitation
base (military, expedition, etc.)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
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
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
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
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)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
defense; defence; protection
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with