in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
down to earth; reasonable
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
clerk; office worker; kulak
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
etc.; et cetera; and so on
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
decision; determination; resolution
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
city planning; urban planning; town planning
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to back down; to back out (of a commitment or plan); to turn back; to withdraw; to retreat
murder; killing; murderer
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
property; fortune; means; assets
desperation; self-abandonment
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
gleaming; shining; glistening