stealthily; secretly; in secret
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to change (one's clothes)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
society; the world; the times
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(another's) daughter; young lady
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
whispering into a person's ear
no!; no no!; no, not at all
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
fortifying; fortification
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
railroad facility; railway equipment
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)