national defence; national defense
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
doing whatever one pleases
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
way of asking; way of listening; listener
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason