bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
government service; the bureaucracy
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
regional cuisine; local cuisine
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to lie deep in; to extend far back
listening device; bug; wiretap
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
oversight; omission; mistake
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
alma mater clique; old school tie
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
correction; rectification; mending; repair
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to become desperate; to give in to despair
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny