Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to discuss; to talk together
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
common reed (Phragmites australis)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
legislation; development of laws
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
postwar period; period after Second World War
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
troops; group members; team members
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
that day; the very same day
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
marching orders; sailing orders
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to