normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
gradual decrease; gradual diminution
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
ready-made; common-law (wife)
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
organization; organisation; forming
appeal; entreaty; request
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
have to do; must; should; ought to
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
registration; accession; register; entry; record
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
sixth day of the month; six days
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryo period); tax in kind; mediocrity
unemployed laborer; unemployed worker
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
account book; register; ledger
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
(maintain, observe) social (public) order