dew prevention; preventing condensation
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
Schwartz; Schwarz; Shvarts; Swartz; Szwarc
negotiation team; negotiating body
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
Air Self-Defense Force; ASDF
colonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
tax exemption; duty exemption
lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
dogfight (aircraft); dog fight
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
mid-air breakage or disintegration
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
head; brains; intelligence
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
ritual; religious service; festival
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
knot (nautical mile per hour)
agreement; stipulation; contract
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)