work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
special; particular; peculiar; unique
military officer; naval officer
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
the people; citizens; the populace
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Army Minister; Minister of War
unification; centralization; centralisation
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
the staff; inside the department
one's post; place of work; workplace
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
remark; statement; discourse
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
way; method; means; resource; course
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than