conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
to begin talking; to open up
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
systematic; organized; organizational
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
importance; emphasis; stress
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
narrator; storyteller; reciter
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
has reached its limit (with this); has reached its peak (here)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
they; those guys; those fellows
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul