acceleration; speeding up
tide; current; tendency; trend
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to play a leading role; to play a central part
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
coastal waters; adjacent seas
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
Japanese person; Japanese people
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
middle period; medium-term
private; exclusive; secret
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
selection; choice; picking out
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
manipulation of information; spin
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
chief; main; principal; important
intelligence or information network
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization