performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to say; to be pleased to say
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
material; tangible; concrete
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
in line with this; therefore
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
sudden change; sudden turn
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
living in a group; communal living; community life
there being no use in arguing (about it)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
practical question (problem); practical matter
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
appearance; expression; manifestation
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
railroad; railway; rail transport
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
article; thing; object; property; real estate