last week; the week before
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle
recommendation; referral; endorsement
memory; sense; experience
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
welcome!; nice to see you!
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
home area; home town; local
audience; spectator; spectators
mobilization; mobilisation
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
with a friendly grin; smilingly
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)