this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
bank; banking institution
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
company; corporation; workplace
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to close (one's eyes); to shut
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition