topic of discussion; agenda
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
man; male; masculine gender
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
enlightenment; development; edification; public awareness; illumination; education
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
incident; affair; happening; event
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
womanly; ladylike; feminine
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
proposed solution; idea for a solution
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
common use; communal use; sharing
to speak ill of; to disparage
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out