Japanese person; Japanese people
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to defy conventional wisdom
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
understood; I see; OK; present; here
pupil; student; schoolchild
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to be worried; to be troubled
as (for); for; in the capacity of
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
the other day; lately; recently
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial