Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
facing (along) the harbor (harbour)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
cruise; navigation; sailing
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
even if; even though; however; no matter how
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to continue to do; to persist in doing
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
one wing; (a) role; (a) part
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
promotion department; development department; enhancement department
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to have meaning; to be meaningful
pus; corruption; rot; evils
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
protocol (in communications); protocol (diplomatic document); protocol (system of rules); protocol (of a scientific experiment or course of medical treatment)
left breast; left side of the chest
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)