to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
whatever (the case may be)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
like this; this sort; this way
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to govern; to manage; to subdue
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
ordinary citizen; the general public
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
innocent; not guilty; harmless
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense