My words

担う

になう

to carry on shoulder, to bear (burden), to shoulder (gun)

拠点

きょてん

point base location position

派遣

はけん

dispatch, despatch, deployment temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp

湾岸

わんがん

gulf coast, bay coast

切り札

きりふだ

trump card

政策

せいさく

political measures, policy policy

飽くまで

あくまで

to the end, to the bitter end, to the last, stubbornly, persistently, consistently, to the utmost after all, it must be remembered, only, purely, simply

動機

どうき

motive, incentive motif

見直す

みなおす

to look again to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.), to review to get a better opinion of, to see something in a more positive light to improve, to recover (market, illness, etc.)

立案者

りつあんしゃ

planner

定める

さだめる

to decide, to establish, to determine

持続可能性

じぞくかのーせー

sustainability

文献集

ぶんけんしゅう

documentation

辛口

からくち

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine) a liking for sake, one who likes sake salty (taste) harsh, scathing

中東

ちゅうとう

Middle East Middle East

背筋

せすじ はいきん

the muscles along the spine, dorsal muscles spinal column seam in the back, back seam Back Muscle

稽古

けいこ

practice, practising, training, study

仲介手

Chūkai-te

intermediary

調理

ちょうり

cooking, food preparation cooking

排除

はいじょ

exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination, abatement, lifting (sanctions, etc.)

内容

ないよう

subject, contents, matter, substance, detail, import

丸で

まるで

quite, entirely, completely, at all as if, as though, just like

僅か

わずか

only, merely, (a) little, small quantity

ぎりはは

Giri haha

mother-in-law

投函

とうかん

mailing, posting

季節外れ

きせつはずれ

unseasonable, out of season

転校

てんこう

change schools

ぎっくり腰

ぎっくりごし ギックリごし

strained back, slipped disk, lumbosacral strain

転んじゃって

Koron jatte

fall down

同窓生

どうそうせい

alumni, alumnus, schoolmate