prime minister; premier; chancellor
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
covering; protection; backing; relief
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
narrow; thin (sized); slender
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
self-defense; self-defence
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
minimum; at the very least
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
firm; strong; solid; stable
if it is the case that ...
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
reign; being on the throne
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age