to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
contradiction; inconsistency
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to have a talk; to tell a story
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
moment; brief space of time
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
starting line; starting point
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
antiquity; the previous era
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to examine someone's expression
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate