I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
power; authority; influence
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
no exception; without exception; always the same
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
birth; creation; formation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
older brother; elder brother
retention; maintenance; preservation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to disperse; to take a castle