appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
business district; office complex
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
how long; how much; to what extent
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
company; corporation; workplace
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
this world; this life; world of the living
to be reminded of; to call to mind
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to go straight to the point; to cut it short
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss