headquarters; head office; main office
conference room; council room
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
presence; sitting with; being with
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
interested person; volunteer; supporter
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
in the morning; during the morning
decision; settlement; definition
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
when it becomes; when it comes to
news; word; tidings; omen
preface; introduction; preamble
support; backing; aid; assistance
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
casualties; the killed and wounded
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual