request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
bribe; sweetener; douceur
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
resignation (from a position)
District Public Prosecutor's Office
special investigation department
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to become clear; to be made public
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
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...
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
act of terror; terrorist attack
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to take command; to give direction
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly