to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
Japanese person; Japanese people
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
mutually; reciprocally; together
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
bank; banking institution
fortune-telling; divination
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
armed forces; military; troops
war; fighting; fierce competition
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged