secretary (government); director; chief
to call out; to ask someone to come
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
to need; to call for; to require
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
(political) power; authority; influence
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
friendly relations; social relations; social life
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
just because; even if; even though
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
watchful waiting; careful supervision
conclusion; decision; end; settlement