(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
private citizen; civilian
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
official announcement; proclamation
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
preference; priority; precedence
beforehand; in advance; previously
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
to be exhausted; to be tired out
although I say; although one might say; although called
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste