family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to concern; to be related
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
justice; fairness; impartiality
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
influence; clout; leverage
complicated and mysterious
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
government service; the bureaucracy
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
duty; obligation; responsibility
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that