during a session (of the legislature)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
every year; yearly; annually
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
please (give me); please (do for me)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in