section manager; section chief
state secrets; secrets of the state
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to harm; to cause harm to
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
occasional; infrequent; rare
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
indicate reason; infers some protest
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
armed forces; military; troops
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
Spain; Spanish (language)
interchange; international; inter-
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to say; to be called; to do
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre