round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
demonic; devilish; satanic; diabolic
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
retroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
atrocious crime; heinous crime
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
sanction; approval; decision
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
sick person; patient; invalid
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
apathy; lethargic state; state of lassitude
nurse call button; calling a nurse
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
the place for; the time for; the level of
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to slap down; to knock down; to floor