just now; a little while back; a short time ago
headquarters; head office; main office
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
considerably; fairly; quite
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
infancy; childhood; tender age
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
such; this sort of; like this
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to be able to manage somehow or another
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to apologize; to apologise
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
go that far; to that extent
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...