certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
big corporation; major firm; leading company
business; trade; operations; sales
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
refinement; elegance; grace
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
student (esp. a university student)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
beginning; outset; first; onset
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
professor; teaching; instruction
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
this place; where one comes from; here
man; male; masculine gender
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
that's the way it is; such is life
recreation; diversion; relaxation
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs