proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
management; administration; operation
personal; individual; private
capable of anything; liable to do
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
prompt; immediate; in real time
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
ministries and government offices; the authorities
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
true state; actual condition; reality
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to be relieved of one's post
job-related; in the course of one's work
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
addition (to a text); additional entry (e.g. to a database)
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)