thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to get back together (with a former partner)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to discuss; to talk together
at least; at most; (even) just
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
cosmetics; toilet articles
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
marriage between co-workers
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
foreign; abroad; overseas
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
immediately; right away; at once; instantly