how; in what way; how about
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
business hours; opening hours; office hours
just a minute; small quantity
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
company; corporation; workplace
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
but; however; provided that
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
that; the matter in question
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
now; the present time; just now; another; more
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)