foreign; abroad; overseas
man; male; masculine gender
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
and yet; though; when; in spite of
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
headquarters; head office; main office
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
conference room; council room
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
future (usually near); prospects
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
mass communication; mass media
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to give directions; to issue instructions
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
attendance; presence; appearance
don't you think?; indicates question
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with