to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
new graduate; recent graduate
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
occasional; infrequent; rare
company president; manager; director
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out