to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
serious; severe; grave; acute
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
thought; consideration; thinking
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
chord name; chord symbol; code name
under development; in development
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher