deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
simply; merely; only; solely
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
such; like that; that sort of; very
and; thereupon; because of that
headquarters; head office; main office
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
something; some kind of; for some reason
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
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)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation