private; exclusive; secret
share (in a company); stock
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
possession; retention; maintenance
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
another company; other company
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
himself; yourself; herself
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
family; members of a family
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
one's post; place of work; workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to talk; to chat; to chatter
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
every year; yearly; annually
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser