condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
until now; so far; up to the present
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
meaning; significance; sense
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
such; this sort of; like this
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show