true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to take back; to recapture
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
management; administration; operation
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
rule; reign; peaceful times
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
obedience; submission; resignation
pride; dignity; self-respect
(in the same way) as before; as always
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
but; however; even though; even if
rule; reign; government; governing
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
planned; scheduled; systematic
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know