land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
(following) a pragmatic (policy) line (approach)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
property; fortune; means; assets
interest; (investment) yield; profits
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
to press a question; to cross-examine
ingenuity; resourcefulness
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to be smeared; to be covered
trust; confidence; credence
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
you could say; you might say; verging on the
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
bet; wager; stake; gamble
old friend; old acquaintance
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber