regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
state of mind; (one's) mental state
battlefield; battleground
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
how many people; a number of people
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
(political) power; authority; influence
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
planned; scheduled; systematic