Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
(necessary) personnel; required person
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
(wearing) low over one's eyes
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
three-quarter length (usu. clothing)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to throw into; to toss into
to give a broad grin; to smirk
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
literally; to the letter; literal
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
surely (not); certainly (not)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)