general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
to take over; to hand over
headquarters; head office; main office
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
duty; function; office; mission; task
rest; break; recess; intermission
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
that's the way it is; such is life
how many people; a number of people
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
living together; communal life; cohabitation
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to be silent; to say nothing
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to employ; to hire; to charter
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)