lidded plastic container; Tupperware
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
joint struggle; common (united) front
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
hegemony; leadership; initiative
heavy concentration; overconcentration
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
double suicide; lovers' suicide
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
power map; power structure; power relationships
almost every day; almost daily
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
defence forces; defence corps
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend