business; trade; operations; sales
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
Honda Souichirō (1906.11.17-1991.8.5)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
(not) even once; (not) ever
failure; mistake; blunder
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
pardon me for leaving (first)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
vitality; (one's) life force
drinking party; get-together
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
weather forecast; weather report
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
threat; intimidation; menace
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial