farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
2nd day of the month; two days
3rd day of the month; three days
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
to overflow from something full
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
written description of one's thoughts
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
enumeration; citation; listing
human rights; civil liberties
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
real experience; actual observations
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
true state; actual condition; reality
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
story; tale; talk; discussion
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to be able to manage somehow or other
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation