being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
production (e.g. play); direction
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
burned down; entirely destroyed
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
around the world; throughout the world
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
scale; scope; plan; structure
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
just one person; only one