to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
bird; bard (esp. in RPG games)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
general manager; director-general
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
call; summons; convening; convocation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
official announcement; proclamation
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Everyone has his (her) own view; Different people, different opinions
business world; business circles; (the) industry
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)