shall ...; to assume; to suppose
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
having missing teeth; toothlessness
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
proposal; offer; request; application
change; alteration; modification
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
personal attendant; valet; maid
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
making one's best exertions
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
ex post facto report; report after the event
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
unlimited viewing; watching as much as one likes
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
authority; power; influence
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
writing; composition; essay; sentence
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
Japanese hop hornbeam; ostrya japonica
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
just past noon; afternoon
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile