timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
it is not (like that) either
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
something like ...; something called ...
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
system; institution; organization; organisation
results; record; grades; marks
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
at the last moment; this late in the game
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
error; mistake; slip; bug
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
appointed time; timetable; schedule
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain