kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
(present) head of a family
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
always having a comeback; fast-talking
pre-war days; before the war
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
family structure; family composition; family makeup
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
secret accounts; second set of accounts
Cabinet Information Research Office
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
study of foreign languages; linguistics
group behind a crime; criminal group
unregistered; non-registered
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
physical; relating to stamina; in terms of physical strength
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
yes or no; yes-no; all or nothing
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
recuperation; medical treatment