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present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

4

interception; monitoring; tapping

4

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

2

unanticipated; unexpected

1

bullet (from a rifle)

1

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

2

interchange; service interchange

1

while running; while moving; in motion

1

to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)

2

riding fast; driving a horse fast

1

(passenger) car; automobile

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

unprecedented; never seen before

2

how (can); by what means

2

rearmament

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

2

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official

1

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1

joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; (lit.) third sector

1

accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received

1

party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)

1

internal; domestic

3

distance between two cars

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

2

airtight

3

headwind; head wind

2

standing tall; towering; soaring

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

handle; grip; holder; person who holds

1

left; left hand side

4

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

plosive sound

2

vertical motion (in earthquakes)

1

handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name

8

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

upper body

2

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

4

toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll

5

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

deceleration

2

piece of metal

1