to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
layperson's judgment (opinion)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
influential person; man of importance
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
use; utilization; utilisation; application
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
commencing with; including
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)