not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
this or that person; anybody; many people
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to intend; to be sure that
interception; monitoring; tapping
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
suited figure; person in a suit
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
proper; respectable; decent; honest
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
light; right; right field; right fielder
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
to attract; to be used to
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
senior; elder; person older than oneself
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
distance in a straight line
affixing; pasting; sticking
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across