field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
government; administration; ministry
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
great difference; major mistake
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
delivery; issuance; handing over; granting
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
business; work; operations; service; duties
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
(political) power; authority; influence
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
wild beast; wild animal; brute
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
(an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit