head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
finding employment; getting a job
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
a great variety of; diversity
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
two persons; two people; pair; couple
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
telephone call; telephone (device)
measurement error; calculation error
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)