wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
business trip; official trip
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
each nation; many nations; many countries
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
several minutes; a few minutes
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk