representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
account book; register; ledger
government office; public office
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
what's what; heads or tails
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
to water (a plant, a flower etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
greeting; a fine thing to say
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to bring; to take; to bring about
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to become better; to improve
police; police officer; police station
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)