number one; first; best; most; game; round
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
job hunting; job searching
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; season; period; phase; stage
any more; any further; any better; any longer
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
company; corporation; workplace
electronic parts (components)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to apologize; to apologise
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
prohibition; inhibition; ban
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)