choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
other than; excluding; without
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
resentment; indignation; anger
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
sympathy; compassion; pity
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
will not do; do not; does not
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
to speak ill of; to disparage
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to intend; to be sure that
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
that; the matter in question
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
way (of doing); manner; method; means
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
chief; main; principal; major
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest