management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
(religious) faith; belief; creed
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
around the world; throughout the world
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
at that time; in those days
international law; law of nations
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
chemical experiment; chemistry experiment
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
cleavage (in embryology); segmentation
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
fertilized egg; fertilised egg
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
untouched; unused; intact
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
at the present time; as of now; at this time
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with