multinational corporation; transnational corporation
maintenance checkup; maintenance and inspection
as you know; as you are aware
to have (esp. sex, food, etc.)
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
intended use; intended purpose
bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation
starting late; late departure
munitions; military stores
annulation; ring shape; loop shape
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
premature joy; short-lived elation
experimental; provisional
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
clause; article; stipulations
central government office; head office; this office
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
back off!; leave me alone!
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment