drinking party; get-together
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
opening event; opening ceremony; grand opening
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
independence; self-reliance
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to pass (of time); to elapse
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
job hunting; job searching
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
student (esp. a university student)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new graduate; recent graduate
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like