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precarious situation; precarious state

1

due form; official; formality

1

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

4

actually; really

1

reporter; journalist

35

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

3

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

green light; (giving) permission; OK

5

director of a hospital

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

5

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

but; however; provided that

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

ideal

2

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

the last moment; the very end

1

choices; alternatives; options

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

6

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

unrelated

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

3

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

6

to drink too much

2

suicide

1

mother; wife

3

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

3

fixed date; appointed day

2

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

3

to pray; to wish

4

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

2

telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

6

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

3

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

4

Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka

10

newspaper

13

local news section; the city desk

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

3

temper; disposition

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2