pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to go out and away; to leave
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
originally; by nature; from the start
concealment; suppression; hiding
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
interior; inside; internal
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to pick up; to find; to gather
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to increase; to add to; to augment
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis