newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; (lit.) third sector
department; bureau; section; part
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
source of information; intelligence source; message source
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
very interesting; of great interest
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
by myself; in person; by oneself
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
under control (e.g. of territory)
relationship of equality; (being) on an equal footing
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
various foreign countries; several foreign countries