to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
economic power; economic strength
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
disorder; chaos; confusion
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
power balance; balance of power
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
personal (employee); employed; retained
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)
what people say; rumours; public opinion
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
usual; normal; stereotyped
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
while alive; during one's lifetime
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?")
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply