synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
very recently; in the very recent past
accounting; administration (of money)
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
account book; register; ledger
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
business office; place of business
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
either way; in any case; one way or another
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
one's original family name; maiden name
love affair; love relationship
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
only recently; just of late
a long time ago; in those days
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation