to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
future (usually near); prospects
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
number of persons; personnel
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
several people; a few people
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
negotiations; discussions; connection