party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
strong nation; powerful country
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
obese body; corpulent physique
nervousness; oversensitivity
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
standing; reserve; always having ready
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power