to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
outcast; odd man out; pariah
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
fragment; one of the group or party
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
bad influence; negative influence
administration; medication; dosage
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
leader; authority; mainstay
very great; enormous; serious
succession struggle; succession race
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to be at a loss for words
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
personal (employee); employed; retained