company management; managing a company
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
price reduction; discount
additional order; adding to an existing order
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
business hours; opening hours; office hours
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
memory; sense; experience
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to look down on; to condescend
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
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
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
small; fine; detailed; stingy
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace