thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
difference; variation; difference
during a telephone call; busy line
support; backing; patronage
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
government office; government agency; authorities
function; facility; faculty; feature
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
elementary and middle schools
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
area of influence; zone of influence; extent of impact
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
at once; immediately; right now
to be a matter of life or death
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste