other than; excluding; without
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
older brother; elder brother
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
public servant; government official
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
no matter how much time passes
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to differ; to vary; to disagree
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
assertion; declaration; affirmation
reality; actuality; hard fact
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
parents and siblings; one's relatives
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
keeping house; being confined to one's house