hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
president (of a society); chairman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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...
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
association of like-minded people
form; shape; figure; visage
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
proper; right; reasonable
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
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
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...