colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
ability; capability; competence; skill
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
personal combat; one-to-one fight
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
in comparison to; rather than
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
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
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
way (of doing); manner; method; means
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(good or bad) feel when wearing something
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
good-quality; superior in quality
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
steady; firm; solid; secure
beginning; outset; first; onset
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
difference; variation; difference
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
operation; functioning; running
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
storehouse; warehouse; godown
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very