roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
drainage; draining; sales
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
beforehand; in advance; previously
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
leaving work; clocking out
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
January; first month of the lunar calendar
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
instead; but (on the other hand)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time