earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
attractiveness; charm; amiability
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
very little (amount); next to nothing; hardly any; paltry; meagre
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
being very busy; busyness
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
right (to do something); authority; power
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
lightly; easily; carelessly
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
duty; obligation; responsibility
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
military officer; naval officer
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary