restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
manners; courtesy; etiquette
superior; superiors; senior
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
direct descent; direct line
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to read the situation; to sense the mood
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
something like ...; something called ...
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)