breaking down; defeating; abolishing
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
bribe; sweetener; douceur
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
Democratic Party of Japan
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
of great promise; with a promising future
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
long time; long interval; for quite some time
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
one by one; in detail; minutely
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
society; the world; the times
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
caller; visitor; company; guest
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
pure; true; genuine; unmixed