regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
company; corporation; workplace
workforce reduction; personnel cut
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
long ago; previous; of a former age
electricity; (electric) light
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
godparent; first person to give something its name
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
selfish; self-indulgent; egotistical; self-centered
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
excretion; discharge; excrement
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
university student; college student
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into