rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
country; one's own country
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
in this manner; in this way; like this
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
small-minded; petty; cowardly; chicken-hearted
to be contrary to one's expectations
there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
open air; outdoors; outside
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to