special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
business; trade; operations; sales
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
company; corporation; workplace
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
determination; resolution
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
immediately carrying out (a plan)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
monthly publication; monthly issue
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
sweet tooth; love of sweet things
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine