year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
honorific/polite/humble prefix
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
commerce; trade; business
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
article; thing; object; property; real estate
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee