location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
strategy meeting; council of war
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
no, not like that (but like this)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
participation; joining; entry
novel; original; new; innovative
secret information; intelligence
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
interview (e.g. for a job)
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
exhibition; display; putting on show
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip