one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to manage a state; to govern a country
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
(political) power; authority; influence
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
doing whatever one pleases
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
in name only; titular; nominal
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
villain; baddie; the villain's part
flashy; gaudy; flamboyant
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
both; both sides; both parties
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose