obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
estimate (of costs); budget
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
negotiations; discussions; connection
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
various matters; everything
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to be needed; to be wanted
to subsist; to keep on living
bedside; near one's pillow
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to watch steadily; to stare
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
instability; insecurity; crankiness