self control; self restraint
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
materials; data; document
unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
document; official papers
to run around; to bustle about
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to begin; to set about; to start
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
explanation; interpretation
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse