present post; current office; (an) incumbent
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
bare livelihood; subsistence
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
addition; appendix; note; supplement
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
to be contrary to one's expectations
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
intensive; concentrated; focused
orders; instructions; directive; command
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
strangulation; constriction; entrapment
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved