beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
production output; number of goods manufactured
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
without; unless; have to do
either way; in any case; one way or another
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
office hours; business hours; working hours
to have a talk; to tell a story
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
retort; back talk; backchat
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
personal; individual; private
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing