prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
intercept; interception; counter-attack
missile defence; missile defense
aegis (mythical shield); Aegis (system); Aegis (missile guidance system)
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
one house; the same house
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
sea of fire; sea of flame
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
ballistic missile defence; ballistic missile defense
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart