moderate faction; moderates
as you see; as you can see
decisive battle of brief duration
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
personification; impersonation; embodiment
originally; by nature; from the start
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
many; much; plenty; hardly
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
travel guide (book); tourist guide
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
stranger; person from abroad
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
immediately; at once; instantly
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
immigration officer; immigration inspector