or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
mediator; manager; caretaker
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
private tutor; coach; governess
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
Douglas; Dauglass; Donglass; Douglass
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
civilian in military employ
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
body; physique; build; stature
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
in good health; alive and well; going strong
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...