not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
about; on; regarding; per; for every
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
release; liberation; acquittal
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
(former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
society; public; community; social studies
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
vitality; energy; dynamism
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
2nd day of the month; two days
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
since; henceforth; ever since
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
storehouse; warehouse; godown
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to have an eye on; to zero in on
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
research and development; R&D
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch