to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
deputy general manager; deputy director-general; assistant commissioner
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
organization chart; organisation chart
(social) position; status
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
sharing; division; draw; tie
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
to be appointed to a post; to assume office
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
prevention; precaution; protection against
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
self-consciousness; self-awareness
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
military personnel; soldier
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
worst; worst-case (scenario)
royalty and titled nobility
powerful person; influential person