ago; since; before; previous
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
name; given name; first name
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
don't you think?; indicates question
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
youthful; young; young-looking
to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
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)
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
enterprise; business; company; corporation
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just because; even if; even though
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also