department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
of course; certainly; naturally
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to have a rumor circulating
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
desperately; for one's dear life
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property