test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
9th day of the month; nine days
faster-than-light speed; super luminal speed
national defence; national defense
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
prompt; immediate; in real time
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
what kind of; what sort of; what
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
fundamental law; basic law; organic law
extrajudicial; extralegal; supralegal
memory; ability to remember
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
interest; rights; concession
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
enemy territory; hostile place
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
recommendation; referral; endorsement
having both wisdom and courage
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
minimum; at the very least