Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
target group; target persons
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to help each other; to cooperate
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
being on duty; person on duty
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
adviser; advisor; consultant
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes
whichever one chooses; either way
curiosity; inquisitiveness
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course