firm promise; definite promise
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
manipulation of information; spin
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
the government; Administration
allegiance; obedience; submission
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
labour and management; labor and management
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
preparation; arrangements
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
schedule; program; calendar
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to become clear; to be made public
official announcement; proclamation
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
order; sequence; procedure
something like ...; something called ...