smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
interview (e.g. for a job)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
degenerate; pervert; deviant
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
overseas territories; outlying areas
to attempt; to test; to try out
to attempt; to test; to try out
although; though; despite the fact that ...
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
selflessness; unselfishness
curiosity; inquisitiveness
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
whenever you want; any time you like
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
department (faculty) of literature
future (usually near); prospects
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch