law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to anticipate; to foresee
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
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
secret; private; surreptitious
revision; amendment; alteration
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
legislation; development of laws
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
transactions; dealings; business
final; eventual; ultimate
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
change in the law; legal reform
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
covering; protection; backing; relief
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
next term; next period; next version; next release
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
country; territory; domain; realm
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to govern; to manage; to subdue