to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
estimated (probable) age (e.g. of victim)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
sender; consignor; remitter
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)
to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
opposite side; opposition
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
Stefan; Stephan; Stephane