five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
candidate (for an election)
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
first time; first; initial
great victory; crushing victory
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to rule; to govern; to administer
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
budget compilation (by the Cabinet)
take (e.g. in film-making)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
government office building
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
timewise; temporal; chronal
to skip (a class, responsibility, etc.); to shirk; to dodge; to break (a promise); to ignore
number two; mistress; concubine
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
tentative plan; draft plan
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)