to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
tacit; unspoken; implicit
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
number of persons; personnel
several people; a few people
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
besides; in addition; also; moreover
chord name; chord symbol; code name
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
considerably; greatly; a lot
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?