lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
headquarters; head office; main office
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to palm off; to force a sale
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
observation; survey; watching
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
like this; this sort; this way
hostility; animosity; enmity
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
the front; honest; upright; decent
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
study; library; den; home office; reading room
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
business discussion; negotiation
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy