joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
power; might; authority; influence
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
to grimace; to make a wry face
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
dictatorship; despotic government
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
dealing with; coping with
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to shake one's head (in denial)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
production (e.g. play); direction
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS