rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
but; however; provided that
to be too numerous; to be too much
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
excess personnel; redundant staff
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
labor union; labour union; trade union
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
duty; function; office; mission; task
to become better; to improve
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
dealing with; coping with
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
when it becomes; when it comes to
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
strictly; severely; rigidly
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
main; principal; chief; primary; major
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
rather; better; instead; if anything