cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
sorry; excuse me; thank you
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
story; tale; talk; discussion
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
testimony; (verbal) evidence
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)
ago; since; before; previous
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
until now; so far; up to the present
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
failure; mistake; blunder