magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to have meaning; to be meaningful
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to be at a loss for words
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
preference; priority; precedence
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
minority group (party); minority
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
indeed; really; truly; very much
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
aggression; invasion; raid
another thing; exception; special case
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
majority group (party, faction)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
nod; inclination of the head
personal grudge; personal enmity
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to spend time (on doing something)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis