Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
this for sure; certainly is
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
national border; provincial border
serious; severe; grave; acute
change; alteration; modification
extermination; expulsion; destruction
in comparison to; rather than
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
military authorities; army circles
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
settlement; solution; resolution
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
straying; wandering off course
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
news program; news programme
massing (of troops); gathering
Warsaw Treaty Organization