office (e.g. the Oval Office)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
all night long; all through the night
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
letter; missive; note; mail
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
(writing to someone on Twitter) without either person following the other
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
token (effort); something done for form's sake
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
without permission; without notice