personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
training (esp. in-service); induction course
recommendation; referral; endorsement
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
growth period (in children)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
nice; good; well-executed
hitting the ball squarely; matching correctly (e.g. engaging a clutch)
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else