home area; home town; local
senior high school; high school
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
work; business; company; study
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
company; corporation; workplace
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
to say; to be called; to do
company president; manager; director
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
transactions; dealings; business
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to employ; to hire; to charter
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
great mountain; large mountain
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
squad leader; group leader; team leader
fine performance; tour de force
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...