poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
for a while; for some time; for a period
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
honour; honor; glory; privilege
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
organization name; organisation name
number of persons; personnel
temporary; provisional; interim
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to be suspected without cause
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
handicraft; industrial art object
throw; throwing; throwing event
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
area under direct control (of the shogun)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
to throw into; to toss into
cost of one's food; one's board