remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
attendance; presence; appearance
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
useless resistance; vain struggle
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
understood; I see; OK; present; here
conference room; council room
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to encamp; to take up positions
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
in name only; titular; nominal
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
looking on; remaining a spectator
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
topic of discussion; agenda
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
a few years ago; some years back
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)