excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
nil return; nothing offered (e.g. in wage negotiations)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to go past; to pass; to pass by