member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
to play a central role; to take a leading part
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
blackout curtain; light-blocking curtain
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
scene; spectacle; sight; view
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far