large number (of); many; majority
settlement; solution; resolution
cooperation; collaboration
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
such; like that; that sort of; very
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
just one person; only one
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to be helpful; to be useful
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to happen to have on hand or in stock
commander; commanding officer; CO
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
two times; twice; two degrees
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
(exercising) the right to command
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
I don't want to boast but
substantial matter; significant item
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to live; to make a living; to get on with