to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
receiving; acceptance; reception
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to increase; to add to; to augment
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
number of persons; personnel
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory