escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
being left out; being ostracized
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
attraction; lure; invitation
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
each time it happens; at all such times
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
our country; our land; one's own country
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
like this; this sort; this way
threatening letter; intimidating letter
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
even though; despite; when
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
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
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to feel oneself indebted to