big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
chief; main; principal; major
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
development; exploitation
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
hedge; fence; border; limit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
name; given name; first name
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head