total energy; all efforts
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to be sacked; to be dismissed
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
treating someone like a child
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
desperation; struggle to the death
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to intend; to be sure that
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
if you think about it; come to think of it
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
it is I who should say so
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
the same grade; same class
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!