you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
now; the present time; just now; another; more
party-internal; within the party
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
at that time; in those days
Minister of Health and Welfare
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Maritime Self-Defense Force
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
connection; link; relationship
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
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
on the sea; surface of the sea
considerably; fairly; quite
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum