cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
defense; defence; protection
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to have learning; to be educated
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
late at night; at a late hour
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer