relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
good feeling; feeling good
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
in the same way as; just like
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
from here; from this place
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
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
another day; some other day
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit