foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
armed forces; military; troops
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
training; education; development; cultivation
government service; the bureaucracy
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to dispose of; to sell off
now that you say that; now that you mention it
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)