assistant professor; associate professor
newly appointed; inaugural
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
influencing (a person) for good
foreign; abroad; overseas
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to strangle; to constrict
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
pus; corruption; rot; evils
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
serious wound; serious injury