accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
reigning; controlling; dictating
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
(political) power; authority; influence
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
way (of doing); manner; method; means
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
willpower; energy; vitality
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
how; in what way; by what means
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
specimen; sample; object to be examined
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule