to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
whispering into a person's ear
genuine article; real thing; real deal
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
kindness; intimacy; friendship
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
such; like that; in that way
sex; sexual intercourse; lovemaking
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly