board of directors; board of trustees
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
management; administration; operation
personal; individual; private
capable of anything; liable to do
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
firm; strong; solid; stable
prompt; immediate; in real time
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to put on airs; to assume importance
great difference; major mistake
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
penalty; sentence; punishment
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
ministries and government offices; the authorities
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
true state; actual condition; reality
revival; restoration; resuscitation