number of persons; personnel
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
just because; even if; even though
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
supervised; under surveillance
personal history; background; career
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to lend an ear to; to listen to
Joseph; Josef; Jozef; Josephs
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
official name; formal name
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
management; administration; operation
making an attempt; trial run
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
training; drill; practice; discipline
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to be too late; to be too slow
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity