serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
to take someone's life; to kill someone
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
illegal; illicit; unlawful
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
reduction by half; halving
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to help each other; to cooperate
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
role of the villain; the bad guy
dealing with; coping with
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
without reservation; freely; frankly
foolish face; stupid look on one's face
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon