existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
guess; speculation; supposition
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
correction; revision; amendment
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
hooting; jeering; heckling
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
electronic voting; e-voting
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
ballot paper; voting paper
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to be full of pride; to be boastful