business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
in its entirety; whole; wholly
political asylum; political exile
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
being very busy; busyness
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to be led by; to be headed by
entertainment; amusement; fun
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
older sister; lass; young lady
information bureau; intelligence department
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to hide; to keep to oneself
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to do over; to remake; to resume