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)
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
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
armaments; military preparations
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
one example of (when there are more examples)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
violent explosion; bursting
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come