equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
guess; conjecture; surmise
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
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
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
real thing; original; actual
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to show up; to appear; to turn up
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
president (of a society); chairman
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
home area; home town; local
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
bringing; taking; carrying
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
sense of smell; olfaction