duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
automatic pilot; autopilot; automatic control
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
essence; true nature; substance; reality
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to apologize; to apologise
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
concreteness; feasibility
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to push (something) against
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected