sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
act of terror; terrorist attack
street fighting; urban warfare
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
joint struggle; common (united) front
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
such a thing; something like that
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
planning; project; plan; design