views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
flight; desertion; escape
monopole; singular pole; unipole
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
much less; to say nothing of
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
in the ministry; in the department
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to do for (the sake of someone else)
occasional; infrequent; rare
to throw into; to dump in together
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
international cultural exchange
Assistant Vice-Minister; Deputy Director-General; Councillor
international; diplomatic intercourse