society; public; community; social studies
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
company president; manager; director
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
the other day; a few days ago
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
materials; data; document
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
last night; yesterday evening
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
alone; by oneself; on one's own
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
flagship product; leading product; hallmark product
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
imitation; similar article; similar goods
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
at once; immediately; right now
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to