machine parts; machinery; equipment
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
underground organization; underground organisation
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
approval; license; licence; permission
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
declaration; statement; proclamation
too many to count; too numerous to mention
field overseer; site foreman
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to play a leading role; to play a central part
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
as a child; when one was a child
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
leader; authority; mainstay
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
very young; little; childish; immature
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
heir; inheritor; successor
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator