technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
such; like that; in that way
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
the staff; inside the department
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
be (that) as it may; having said that
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
in that way; like that; that way
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
that is to say; so that means
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
is that so? (generally rhetorical)