just one person; only one
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
the reverse; other side; lining
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
pre-war days; before the war
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
history of Japan; Japanese history
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience