confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
your acquaintance; people who know
being about to cry; the verge of tears
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
Japanese (people, language, style)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to check; to stop; to keep back
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
violent emotion; passion; fury
to place firmly; to hit very hard
one after another; in rapid succession
raging fire; conflagration
discretion; discretionary power
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
working adult; full-fledged member of society
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
business manners; business etiquette
company; corporation; workplace
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic