soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
greeting; a fine thing to say
neutral zone; demilitarized zone
edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to be needed; to be wanted
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
tone (of voice); manner of talking
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
government; administration
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
abuse; misuse; perversion
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
avoiding or dodging responsibility
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange