slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
for example; for instance; e.g.
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
summer vacation; summer holiday
job hunting; job searching
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
surroundings; environs; circumference
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
central government office; head office; this office
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
bank robbery; bank robber
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
disorder; disturbance; unrest
exemplar; model; example; pattern
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at