to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to face; to go towards; to head towards
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
scene; view; prospect; outlook
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
largest company; industry leader
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to speak ill of; to disparage
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
transactions; dealings; business
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
retirement at one's own request
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high
chance of precipitation; chance of rain