several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
literally; to the letter; literal
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
management; administration; operation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
armed forces; military; troops
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
hostility; antagonism; opposition
although I say; although one might say; although called
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
hills and fields; countryside
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
source of information; intelligence source; message source
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
plants and animals; flora and fauna
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)