secretary (government); director; chief
to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
morning; forenoon; just before noon
relation; connection; relevance
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
story; tale; talk; discussion
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to claim victims; to leave casualties
not limited to; not just ...
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
personal feelings; self-interest
starting point; point of departure
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
humanism; humanitarianism
moderate faction; moderates
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
leader; central personage
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
retiring from military service
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect