oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
means; way; method; measure
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
narrow margin; slim margin
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
diss; dissing; disrespect
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
(economic) depression; recession; slump
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
absence; disregard; indifference
to press a question; to cross-examine
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
retirement at one's own request
business world; business circles; (the) industry
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support