800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
high efficiency; high performance
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
out of fashion; out of style; outmoded
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
out of character; unlike one
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
curse; spell; malediction
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
like this; in this way; as you see
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
brunt of attack or argument
resolute; determined; bold
change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
calculation; estimation; computation
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to be talked about behind one's back
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing