tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
last night; yesterday evening
inspector; examiner; auditor
name; given name; first name
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
section manager; section chief
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to be able to manage somehow or another
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
wedding reception banquet
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon