protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
declaration; statement; proclamation
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
administrative; managerial; operational
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to join forces; to cooperate
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
local color; local colour
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
more than usual; especially; particularly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
condition; state (of health); appearance
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
everybody; every last one of them; all
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
ill will; malice; evil intent
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
schedule; program; programme; agenda
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
physical condition; state of health
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix