mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
obedience; submission; resignation
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
you (plural); all of you; you all
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
once upon a time; a long time ago
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
diffusion index; discomfort index; drug information
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to select someone (out of many people)
go-between; intermediary; mediator
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
coloured paper; colored paper
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
behaviour; behavior; conduct
military officer; naval officer
Department of Defense (US); the Pentagon
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
the Pentagon (US Department of Defense); pentagon
alarming; worrisome; of concern
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice