appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
this is why; this means; it is the case that
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to make one's own; to take possession of
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
extermination; annihilation
dominion; territory; possession
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
war; battle; match; game; competition
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
by today; before the day is over
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
ninth day of the month; nine days
just past noon; afternoon