measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
tenth day of the month; ten days
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
being on duty; person on duty
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
eccentric; crank; oddball
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
cake or snack served with tea
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
and; thereupon; because of that
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why