advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
in the morning; during the morning
threat to national existence
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
loyal retainer; loyal subject
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
postwar period; period after Second World War
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
territorial dispute; territorial issue
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to claim victims; to leave casualties
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
laws and regulations; legislation
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till