sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
story; tale; talk; discussion
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
sorry; excuse me; thank you
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be silent; to say nothing
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
considerably; fairly; quite
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
and; thereupon; because of that
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
amount of money; sum of money
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
such; this sort of; like this
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to