Vocabulary

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recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

clique; faction

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing

publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue

schedule; program; programme; agenda

ability; faculty

Japanese (language)

arrest; apprehension; capture

attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour; bearing

battle; fight; combat

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

body

strategy; tactics

Pacific Ocean

large number (of); many

existence; being; presence

Minister of Finance

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

equipment; device; installation; apparatus

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general

president (of a university); vice-chancellor; chancellor

total amount (of money); total sum; sum total

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

early stage

both parties; both sides

lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation

association; union; guild

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.)

whole surface; entire

all days

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

income; earnings