to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
hawks; hardline faction; hardliners
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
influence; clout; leverage
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
connection; link; relationship
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
intelligence gathering; information gathering
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
permission; approval; authorization; license
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
road; load; loading (a program or data into memory); Lord; Lord (title of members of the British nobility)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken