thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
verbal promise; one's word
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning
head; brains; intelligence
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
impossible; unlikely; improbable
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to satisfy the requirements
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
interview (e.g. for a job)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect