increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
being very busy; busyness
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
emergency early warning (cellphone, email, etc.); emergency alert
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
changing clothes; change of clothes
evening meal; dinner; supper
rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
chief; main; principal; major
strip-searching; security check
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
heating power; thermal power; firepower
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
letting (someone) die without helping
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
to put one's life on the line
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite