to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to some extent; to a certain extent
script; libretto; scenario
television program; TV program
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
president's office; director's office
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
president (of a society); chairman
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
link; directory entry; rink
really; truly; indeed; good grief
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
depression; recession; slump
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
sad; wretched; deplorable
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
cram-free education; pressure-free education
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such