ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to be in opposition; to be in private life
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
to have a narrow escape from death
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
specialization; specialisation
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
preparing for action or battle
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give