excess personnel; redundant staff
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
official announcement; proclamation
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
root; source; origin; cause
go that far; to that extent
whispering into a person's ear
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
ability; capability; skill
putting into operation; invocation
that is to say; so that means
have to do; must; should; ought to