(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
decision; settlement; definition
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
commerce; trade; business
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
advantage or disadvantage
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
successive generations; successive emperors
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
every place; various places
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)