envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
outside of; not covered by
diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
reason; cause; history; origin
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
spring break; spring vacation
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
how many years; how long; what year
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
rope; cord; policeman's rope
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption