company; corporation; workplace
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to go out and away; to leave
when about to go back; on the way back; on the way home
to ask; to enquire; to query
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
finding employment; getting a job
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
successively; one after another
as; because; with; due to
instability; insecurity; crankiness
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
adds force or indicates command
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
external; superficial; outward; surface
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
everything; anything; nothing
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
manly; masculine; like a man
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)