head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
danger; peril; hazard; risk
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to subsist; to keep on living
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
meaning; significance; sense
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in that way; thus; so; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
second (unit of time); arc second
silence (not speaking); muteness
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support