someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
in terms of; from the point of view of
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to mix; to stir; to blend
choices; alternatives; options
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling