to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
company president; manager; director
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
all; entire; whole; altogether
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
two persons; two people; pair; couple
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
until now; so far; up to the present
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
such; this sort of; like this