achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
true state; actual condition; reality
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
beginning; outset; first; onset
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
rather; sooner; preferably
flight; escape; running away; flying high
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
bank; banking institution
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
stairs; stairway; staircase
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
it's been a long time; long time no see
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to recall; to remember; to recollect
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron