urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
of course; certainly; naturally
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
lately; recently; these days
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
detective agency; enquiry agency
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
world; society; people; the public
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
anything and everything; just about everything
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
storehouse; warehouse; godown
material; materials; data; information; documents
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage