adviser; advisor; consultant
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
hostility; antagonism; opposition
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
internal or domestic affairs
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
Lawrence; Laurence; Laurens
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
complete power of attorney
letter; missive; note; mail
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
you; (arch.) your residence
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
leader; authority; mainstay
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
Akure (Nigeria); Acre (Brazil)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for