quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
apparently; appears to be
perception; sensing; noticing
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
duty station; place of business; work location
to snatch from; to steal from
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
plainly; clearly; vividly
one by one; one after another; successively
forced repatriation; deportation
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
internal conditions; true state of affairs
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
system; institution; organization; organisation
leaving everything up to someone else
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
covering; protection; backing; relief
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)