inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
business; trade; operations; sales
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
counter selling; face-to-face selling; person-to-person selling
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
generation; the world; the age
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
article; news story; report; account
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
welcome!; nice to see you!