important person; strategic person; key figure
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
(present) head of a family
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
powerful person; influential person
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
established practice; custom
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
good (place to leave off); convenient
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious