direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
return of something; repayment
staff identity card; employee ID card
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
ago; since; before; previous
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
suicide brought on by excessive overwork
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
single word; a few words; brief comment
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
true state; actual condition; reality
time; hour; period; class
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
job hunting; job searching
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to entrust; to leave to a person
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)