labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
by your leave; with your permission
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
pitch dark; total darkness
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
topic of discussion; agenda
jumping to a wrong conclusion
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
morning star lily (Lilium concolor); star lily
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to have one's horizons broadened
to press against each other; to huddle together
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to go ahead; to pull ahead
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)