small number; few; minority
exaltation; emotional uplift
a great variety of; diversity
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
should not be; must not be
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
coloured paper; colored paper
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
the said ministry; the same ministry
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to care for someone; to look after someone
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
protest; refutation; pleading
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation
to speak ill of; to disparage
to draw back; to leave (the area)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to call each other's names