to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
foreign; abroad; overseas
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
such; this sort of; like this
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to start; to begin; to commence
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
for your reference; FYR; for your information; FYI
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
helping each other; supporting each other; mutual cooperation; give and take; reciprocity; interdependence
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
information leak; intelligence leak
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
how; in what way; by what means
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
that; the matter in question
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)