slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
company president; manager; director
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
abuse; misuse; perversion
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
aggressiveness; combativeness
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
to fight against; to oppose; to face
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
all (there is); as long as there is
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
declaration; proclamation; announcement
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
once you're dead, that's it
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
one's view of life; attitude toward life; outlook
unknown; obscure; insignificant
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention