dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
strongish; somewhat strong
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
surely; certainly; without doubt
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
one's post; place of work; workplace
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to collect; to assemble; to gather
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
human relations; personal relationships
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
very likely; very probable
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
process; course; mechanism
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
3rd day of the month; three days
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to encamp; to take up positions
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...