this year; this fiscal year; this school year
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
same; similar; (just) like; equal
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
contradiction; inconsistency
to put into effect; to put into practice
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
great cause; moral law; justice
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
sixth day of the month; six days
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
floating exchange rate system
switching over to; migration; transition
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
several years standing; over several years
relations with America; relationship with America
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
concession; conciliation; compromise
member country of the executive committee in an international organization (organisation)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
election; selection; choice
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such