ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
cooperation; collaboration
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
combination; union; binding; bond
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
until now; so far; up to the present
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
experimental stage; experimental phase
trial product; prototype model
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
to teach; to take a teaching job
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
social; societal; societary