crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
national polity; National Athletic Meet
maintenance; preservation; improvement
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
major incident; major happening; big scandal
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
estimate (of costs); budget
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
person with a bounty on their head
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
influence; clout; leverage
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
lawless area; lawless district
illegal; illicit; unlawful
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
at least; at most; (even) just
desperately; for one's dear life
in-law; relative by marriage
rather; better; instead; if anything
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
personal grudge; personal enmity
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
(present) head of a family
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off