one's home country; one's homeland
intelligence or information network
general mobilization; general mobilisation
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
to find out; to discover; to locate
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
safety department; security department
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
and; thereupon; because of that
member of the upper house; senator
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
had better ...; had better not ...
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
future; possible; potential; prospective
naturalization; naturalisation
in a sense; in some way; to an extent