essential; important; crucial; vital; main
bombshell announcement (statement)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
memory; sense; experience
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
trial; judgement; judgment
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
without; but if; otherwise; or else
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
(together) with; -wide; including
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with