public safety; public welfare
estimate (of costs); budget
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
will not do; do not; does not
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to concern; to be related
application; request; petition
it's no joke; gimme a break!
political measures; policy
historic; historical; traditional
failure; mistake; blunder
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
time; season; period; phase; stage
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
postwar period; period after Second World War
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn