major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
special investigation department
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to become clear; to be made public
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
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to take command; to give direction
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
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
duty; obligation; responsibility
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
police officer; policeman; constable
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
make good use of; make the most of
great cause; moral law; justice
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start