feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
what time; (lit.) which hour
morning; forenoon; just before noon
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
time; hour; period; class
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
about; on; regarding; per; for every
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to pass (of time); to elapse
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to be found; to be discovered
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely