fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
invitation; introduction; temptation
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
disinheritance; disowning
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
messenger; envoy; emissary
custom; practice; convention; precedent
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate