end of term; end of semester
karoshi; death from overwork
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
duty; function; office; mission; task
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
control; management (e.g. of a business)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
composite; combined; complex
genuine; authentic; true; real
route; way; course; directions
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
neckline (of dress, etc.)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
study; library; den; home office; reading room
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement