the staff; inside the department
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
bitter (flavor); bitter (type of beer)
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to entrust; to leave to a person
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
to become completely chilled
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention