sauce; Worcestershire sauce
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
reduction; diminution; abatement
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
use; utilization; utilisation; application
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
power harassment; harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
that's the way it is; such is life
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
it's been a long time; long time no see
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)