establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
steel; sword steel; sword
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
guess; speculation; supposition
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
start of work; commencement; opening
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all