special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
transactions; dealings; business
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
Okayama (city, prefecture)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
trouble; bother; annoyance
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
to suffer; to groan; to be worried