truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
bento; Japanese box lunch
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
practical problem; practical matter
victim; injured party; sufferer
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
because of; owing to; due to
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
function; facility; faculty; feature
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
company president; manager; director
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)