terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
that is to say; so that means
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
every year; yearly; annually
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
together; at the same time; same; identical
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine); vague; fuzzy
rainy; showery; inclement
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
sugar content (e.g. in degrees Brix)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
sales; selling; marketing