suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
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...
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
book; volume; this; present; main; head
in one's own way or style
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
living by oneself; living alone
vocational school; technical school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)