at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
ordinary citizen; the general public
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
second; number two; runner-up
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
one difficulty; one danger
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
three; three years of age
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
to take away; to carry away
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
while; even though; despite
(period of) a year; during an era
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
storehouse; warehouse; godown