blunder; miss; slip; oversight
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to order; to command; to appoint
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
high voltage; high pressure
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
if it is the case that; if
to fly around; to scatter
metal fittings; metal fixtures
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)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
difficult problem; challenge
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
memory; sense; experience
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
being on duty; person on duty
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
plunger (for unblocking sinks, toilets, etc.); rubber cup
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
death by suffocation; death by choking
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough