privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
cornering someone; cornering an opponent's king (shogi)
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to consent; to allow; to accept; to agree
scoundrel; rascal; villain
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to press a question; to cross-examine
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
art of war; strategy; tactics
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
must not; should not; do not
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter