trade promotion by a government or industrial leader
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
governments of various nations of the world
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
economic animal; person or people who only strive for profit
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
underground train; subway
route map (buses, trains, etc.)
distribution of electricity
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
Niigata (city, prefecture)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
being dotted with; being scattered
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
geopolitical; geostrategic
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
Islamism; political Islam; Islamic fundamentalism
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound