labor union; labour union; trade union
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to have a rumor circulating
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
desperately; for one's dear life
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
silence (not speaking); muteness
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove