flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
I see; that's right; indeed
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
relation; connection; relevance
material; materials; data; information; documents
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
... years old; age (of) ...
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
about; on; regarding; per; for every
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
government; administration; ministry
special; particular; peculiar; unique
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
chance; opportunity; occasion
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch