lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
maintenance; preservation; improvement
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to try all possible means
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
support; backing; patronage
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
declaration of a state of emergency
official announcement; proclamation
defense; defence; protection
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to come to one's senses; to calm down
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
town; city; municipal; urban
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)