secrecy; highly classified information
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
on duty; at work; while working
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
retention; maintenance; preservation
meaning; significance; sense
going to and fro; back and forth
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
from the viewpoint of; according to
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
aforementioned; above-mentioned
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal