Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
sergeant first class (JGSDF)
operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
territorial dispute; territorial issue
castle; Compact Application Solution Language; CASL
person unfit for society; misfit
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
gross; disgusting; sickening
to be relieved of one's post
feeling one gets from listening to something
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
oilily; slimily; slipperily
to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress
coastal waters; adjacent seas
point of compromise; common ground
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
growing wild (naturally); native
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to degenerate; to lapse into