terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
feeling; sense; impression
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to pitch (e.g. a boat); to force out an opponent
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
poor business performance; economic slump
main cause; primary factor
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to become clear; to be made public
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
next term; next period; next version; next release
company president; manager; director
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to disperse; to take a castle
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
as soon as possible; ASAP
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases