duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
beginning; outset; first; onset
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
inside one's heart; in one's mind
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
finding employment; getting a job
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
suffix for familiar person
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
stomach ache; abdominal pain
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean