bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
don't you think?; indicates question
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
January; first month of the lunar calendar
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
third day of the month; three days
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
originally; by nature; from the start
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy