duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
contradiction; inconsistency
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
kindness; intimacy; friendship
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
green light; (giving) permission; OK
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to stay (at); to stop (at)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
mask; disguise; guise; mask
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying