government service; government employ
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
have to do; must; should; ought to
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute
out of bounds; beyond the pale
personal; individual; private
education world or circles
confession; confidential talk; frank talk
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
tacit; unspoken; implicit
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
inside; interior; inner part
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
plump; chubby; voluptuous
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
to shoot dead; to shoot to death
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic