maintenance of public order; maintaining security
emperor (of Japan); mikado
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
one way or the other; either way
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
vexing; irritating; impatient
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
divide into four pieces; one fourth
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
evening; night; nighttime
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
explanation; interpretation
menial; meanness; servility; abject
official business; public business
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
literally; to the letter; literal
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly