welcome; (warm) reception
leader; authority; mainstay
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
opinion; intention; thought
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
silence (not speaking); muteness
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
clearing one's throat; cough
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
literature; books (reference); document
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct