senior executive staff; upper management
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
popular will; will of the people
variant; variation; variety; (taxonomical) variety
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter
connected as one; unbroken; linked together
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
emotional care; emotional support; caring for someone's mental well-being
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
treatment; service; handling; management
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
drama; play; powerful drug
entertainment; performance
treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing; surgical operation; procedure
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
praise; glorification; extolment
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
three; three years of age
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to keep secret; to conceal
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly