let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
serious; severe; grave; acute
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
private citizen; civilian
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
(not) so much; (not) that much
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
armed group; armed insurgents
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
dreadnought class (of warship)
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
considerably; fairly; quite
mass communication; mass media
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to indicate; to show; to point to
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
tall figure; high stature
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy