small fraction; small proportion
calamity; disaster; misfortune
donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
society; the world; the times
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
way of speaking; intimation
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
counter for choices, options, etc.
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to become desperate; to give in to despair
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
incident; affair; happening; event
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately