(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
greater than ...; bigger ...
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
the other day; lately; recently
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
to have one's horizons broadened
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
board chairman; managing director; chief director
pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
indescribable; having no way to express
Minister for Foreign Affairs
number of times; frequency; count
natural virtue; personal virtue
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling