change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
now; the present time; just now; another; more
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
bank; banking institution
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to concern; to be related
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
company; corporation; workplace
female company president; female CEO
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...