these guys; these fellows
dismissal (from a position); discharge
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to take command; to give direction
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
accident; emergency; calamity
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(historical) army base; navy base
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
secretary; councillor; councilor
government service; official position; civil service
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
convenient; expedient; makeshift
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to lend an ear to; to listen to
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
weak point; unskillfulness
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
source of river; fountainhead
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital