disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
sorry; excuse me; thank you
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to take command; to give direction
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to jar; to creak; to grate
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
such; like that; that sort of; very
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to go out and away; to leave
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be the ruin of (a person)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)