somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
comfort; consolation; diversion
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to be worried; to be troubled
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
counsel; defender; advocate
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
sorry; excuse me; thank you
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes