I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
security department (of a police force); security bureau; security division
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
conference room; council room
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to put up (a notice); to post
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
(one's) countenance; face
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
bamboo screen; rattan blind
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...