essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
military personnel; soldier
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
head; lead; vanguard; first
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
international; diplomatic intercourse
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to make an appeal; to urge
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
contrary to one's expectations
use; utilization; utilisation; application
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
sympathy; empathy; response
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
reality; actuality; hard fact
incident; affair; happening; event
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
battlefield; battleground
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
other than; excluding; without
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle