black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
nothing but; except; no more than
incompetent; have no merit
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
greedy; avaricious; covetous
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs
postwar period; period after Second World War
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
at that time; in those days
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to stir up; to instigate (someone to do something); to agitate; to foment
academic; scholarly; scientific
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
general classification; broad categorization
ghost; ghosting (television); ghosting; ghost flare; ghost image; ghosting
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
standard; average; typical; normal
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command