wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
president's office; director's office
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
continuation; succession; series
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding