prime minister; premier; chancellor
cardinal (Catholic church)
attendance; presence; appearance
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
first generation; founder
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to thrust before; to thrust at
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
armaments; military preparations
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
proposal; offer; request; application
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
single word; a few words; brief comment
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)