dodgy dealings; monkey business
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
long; drawn-out; very long
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
atrocious crime; heinous crime
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
true state; actual condition; reality
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
be (that) as it may; having said that
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
cannot be helped; unavoidable
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
self-purification; self-cleansing
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite