complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
political donation; political contribution
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
green light; (giving) permission; OK
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
cabinet (of a government); ministry
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)