thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to claim victims; to leave casualties
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
like this; this sort; this way
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to find out; to discover; to locate
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
three; three years of age
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
and; thereupon; because of that
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course