personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
low Japanese-style desk (for reading and writing)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
postwar period; period after Second World War
to get tired out; to be exhausted
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply laid plan
admiration; being impressed (by)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized