to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
individual; private person; personal; private
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
foreign; abroad; overseas
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
each nation; many nations; many countries
imagination; supposition; guess
mechanism; organization; organisation
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to give an impression; to make an impression
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
how long; how much; to what extent
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
the other day; a few days ago
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
that is to say; so that means
grasp; catch; understanding
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme