good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
section manager; section chief
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
boastful speech; bragging
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
pleasant feeling; good vibes
registered architect with a first-class license
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
vocational school; technical school
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
the way one works; one's working manner
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
change of occupation; career change
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to remain; to stay (somewhere)