serious; not joking; straight
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
the other day; a few days ago
to concern; to be related
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
notice; attention; observation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
in this way; thus; such; uh...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
matter of time; question of time
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance