bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
until now; so far; up to the present
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
toilet; lavatory; powder room
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
at work; in the midst of work; working
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
at that time; in those days
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)