competent; suitable; qualified
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
command; lead; generalship; leadership
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
large build; large pattern
lightly; easily; carelessly
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
certainly; surely; definitely
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
big leakage; uncontained leak
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to shake off; to throw off
please (give me); please (do for me)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
business trip; official trip