to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
tool; implement; means; furniture
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
keeping things tidy and in order
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
after a long time; for the first time in a while
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very; extremely; excessively
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
senior high school student
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night