judgment; judgement; discernment
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
human resources; man-power resources
number of persons; personnel
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
secrecy; highly classified information
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
conscientious; scrupulous
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
have to do; must; should; ought to
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
in good health; alive and well; going strong
by sheer strength; by brute force