plenary session; regular session
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to rally; to make a comeback
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
government service; the bureaucracy
coordinator; coordinating role
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
random; unintentional; unintended
to rise; to erect; to get up
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas