television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hospitalization; hospitalisation
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
finding employment; getting a job
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
several years; a few years
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
actual sales; sell-through
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
river; stream; River; the ... river
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed