number one; first; best; most; game; round
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
factory; plant; mill; workshop
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
the other day; lately; recently
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at work; in the midst of work; working
(police) detective; criminal matter
the other day; a few days ago
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
company housing; housing provided by one's company
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
originally; by nature; from the start
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
your husband; her husband
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
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
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
it is I who should say so
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle