success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
capable of anything; liable to do
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
possible; likely; probable
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
concealment; suppression; hiding
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
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
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to go out and away; to leave
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
job; work; duties; trade; skill
office job; clerical work
stagnation; hindrance; delay