doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
Washington Post (newspaper)
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
reconnaissance plane; spy plane
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
alert status; emergency alert
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
Gotouda Masaharu (1914.8-)
Nakagawa Ichirō (1925.3.9-1983.1.9)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat