beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
person in charge; official; attendant
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
the other day; some time ago; recently
chief; main; principal; major
continuation; succession; series
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
act of terror; terrorist attack
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
of course; certainly; naturally
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
is something that; is that which
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
(one) could even say that
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
imperial command; royal command