woman; female; feminine gender
hello; good day; good afternoon
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
branch manager; manager of a branch office
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
of course; certainly; naturally
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
factory; plant; mill; workshop
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)