guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
oblong; landscape orientation
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
health; healthy; sound; fit
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to talk; to chat; to chatter
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
postwar period; period after Second World War
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
(some) more; even more; longer; further
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
materials; data; document
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn