obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
business; trade; operations; sales
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
certification of contents
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
middle of the night; dead of night
physical condition; state of health
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
originally; by nature; from the start
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
son of a bitch; piece of shit