post; official position; managerial position; executive position
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to continue to work; to work away (at)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
any more; any further; any better; any longer
nice; likeable; desirable
chief vassal; senior statesman
consequently; as a result
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
please; somehow or other; one way or another
professor; teaching; instruction
motherland; fatherland; native country
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
inside; interior; inner part
to invite in; to show someone in
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
the last moment; the very end
directly opposite; right in front
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with