making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
unprecedented; record-breaking
kind; sort; species; species
dreadnought class (of warship)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
calamity; disaster; accident
(national) capital (city); metropolis
throat; important part; vital area
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to need; to demand; to take; to require
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism