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secretary (government)

Military

airman first class (JASDF)

unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone

waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)

head steward (e.g. on a ship)

Archaic

palace chef

to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined

to become well-experienced; to mature

Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Music

D flat major

assistant chief of staff, g1

sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge

Idiomatic expression

to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

secondary growth

assistant chief of staff, g3

stable growth

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neill)

chairman of board of directors

Proverb

man is the crown of creation

northern pintail (Anas acuta)

paper wasp

speaker and deputy speaker; chair and vice-chair; president and vice-president (of the senate, council, etc.)

female principal; headmistress

Director of National Intelligence (USA); DNI

long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)

Computing

fixed-length