pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
abuse; misuse; perversion
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
knowing; (an) acquaintance
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
declaration; proclamation; announcement
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
how; in what way; by what means
to show up; to appear; to turn up
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
(enter into, be in) a state of war
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...