request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
settlement; solution; resolution
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
article; news story; report; account
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
dozens; scores of; decades
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
reopening; resumption; restarting
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to move (house); to change residence
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to recall; to remember; to recollect
act of terror; terrorist attack
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
than; from; out of; except; but; more