spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to be splendid; to be superb
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
administration; government; administrator; governor
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
to become empty; to be emptied
white (complexion); fair-skinned
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
leaving; quitting; retiring
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
stairs; stairway; staircase
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
spread; span; expanse; extent
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
rather; sooner; preferably
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length