joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
guess; conjecture; surmise
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
power balance; balance of power
striking; remarkable; considerable
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
topic of discussion; agenda
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
intimidation; threat; bluster
human rights; civil liberties
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
indigenous people; aborigines; indigenes
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
quarrel; trouble; dispute
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
The Monkey and the Crab (folktale); The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab; Saru Kani Gassen
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to spit out; to eject; to dump
nothing but; none other than
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation