company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
number of persons; personnel
to increase; to add to; to augment
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
optimism; taking an optimistic view
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
every year; yearly; annually
form; method; system; formula
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?
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter