wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
department store; department
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; various things
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
function; facility; faculty; feature
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
big thanks; great gratitude