script; screenplay; scenario
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
much less; to say nothing of
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
gender; distinction of sex; sex
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to bring; to take; to bring about
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
although I say; although one might say; although called
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
originally; by nature; from the start
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to frolic about; to mess around
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)