to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the other day; a few days ago
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seniority by length of service
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
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
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
100,000; hundred thousand
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
modern times; the modern age; this day and age