being in the service of; serving at; holding office
highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
to intend; to be sure that
laws and regulations; legislation
interruption; interference; butting in
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
lethality; killing effectiveness
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
counter for drops of liquid
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
this, that and the other; this and that
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
retainer; attendant; escort
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
being about to cry; the verge of tears
that is to say; so that means
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
stationing (troops); occupancy
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
both armies; both teams; both sides
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)