(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
special selection; finest pick; top pick
settlement; compromise settlement; settlement offer
promotion department; development department; enhancement department
growth period; period of rapid growth
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
excluding the case when; when not
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
sobriety; soberness; sober face
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
semiconductor; solid-state
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
to make oneself available (free)
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
large biceps; well-developed biceps
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
wherein; therein; thereinto