coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
company; corporation; workplace
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
all present; all concerned; all of us
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
of course; certainly; naturally
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
river; stream; River; the ... river
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
by today; before the day is over
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
please; somehow or other; one way or another
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
about when; about what time; how soon