to enter into diplomatic relations
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
certain evidence; definite evidence
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy