trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
indicate reason; infers some protest
showing one's face in public; facing another person
call; summons; convening; convocation
connection; link; relationship
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
layered structure; layered system; stratification; hierarchical structure
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
profitable plan; good plan
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
conference room; council room
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to continue to do; to persist in doing
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
rank (of troops); file; column; formation