measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
(not) a single person; (no) one
just a handful; only a small number (of)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
news; word; tidings; omen
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
even though it is not; despite not
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
pointing out; identification
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
declaration; statement; proclamation
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
as; because; with; due to
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued