meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
remote access service; RAS; reliability, availability, serviceability; RAS
variation; rogue (something)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
in unison; as one; united
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)