one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
the future; future prospects
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to quit one's job; to resign
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
the way back; the way home; return trip
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances