interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
business plan; business schedule; project
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
government; administration
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
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)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
time; hour; period; class
(one's) quota; assignment
to squash; to crush; to flatten
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
one's later years; final years (in life)
to subsist; to keep on living
just one person; only one
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage