layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
health; healthy; sound; fit
state of mind; (one's) mental state
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
our country; our land; one's own country
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
no!; no no!; no, not at all
true state; actual condition; reality
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
postwar period; period after Second World War
People's Commissar (in the early Soviet Union)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
internal or domestic affairs
secretary (government); director; chief
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
warring nations; belligerents
explanation; interpretation
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
considerably; fairly; quite
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
opinion; point of view; visual point
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)