staff member; employee; worker; personnel
clerk; office worker; office staff
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
last week; the week before
countermeasure; counter-measure
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
heating; application of heat
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
mass communication; mass media
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
influence; effect; impact
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
global scale; worldwide scale
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
declaration; statement; proclamation
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; ESCAP
job application form; employee satisfaction
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
countries; (various) nations
flag; banner; ensign; (one's) stance; position; opinion
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house