government worker; public servant; civil servant
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
ward office; council (regional)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
one more time; once more; once again
place; room; margin; scope
official divorce registration papers
moving; changing residence; change of address
report; notification; registration
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
certification of official registration of a seal
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
printout; (computer) printing
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
how long; how far; how much
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
bento; Japanese box lunch
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
longed-for; anxiously awaited
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)