stability; steadiness; equilibrium
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do
neighbourhood; neighborhood
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to snatch from; to steal from
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
now that; since; so long as; because
wages; pay; rental payment
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
strike (i.e. industrial action)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
childcare leave; maternity leave
system; institution; organization; organisation
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
maternity leave; paternity leave
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
association; union; guild
really; truly; indeed; good grief
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...