appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
securing financial resources
question; inquiry; enquiry
bolt from the blue; great surprise
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
rule; reign; government; governing
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
to subsist; to keep on living
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
furious facial expression
reform; reformation; reorganization
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
power; authority; jurisdiction
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to become pale; to turn pale
order; command; life; destiny; fate
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting