vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
approval; license; licence; permission
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
adviser; advisor; consultant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
foreign; abroad; overseas
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
strength; power; proficiency; ability
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
chief (of police); head (of office)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
no!; no no!; no, not at all
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
in succession; one after another
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted