hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
secret military agency; secret service
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
organizational change; organisational change; organizational reform
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
reflective; introspective
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
test paper (e.g. litmus paper); test strip
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
extermination; expulsion; destruction
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to coax; to cajole; to humour (humor); to wheedle
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
world situation; world affairs
organization chart; organisation chart
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
professionalism; professional awareness
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
disintegration; self-destruction