I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to use X as a selling point
to be profitable; to yield a profit
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to gather; to collect; to assemble
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
already; now; no longer; not any more
face; looks; vestiges; trace
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
company president; manager; director
clearing one's throat; cough
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
and yet; though; when; in spite of