one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
style of writing; manner of writing
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
outline; summary; gist; basic points
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
open; public; official; overt
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to get benefit from; to profit from; to gain benefit
negotiations; discussions; connection
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
to name; to call by name; to mention by name
frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)
title; index; heading; headline; caption
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
everywhere; all over; throughout
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism