employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
society; public; community; social studies
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
honorific/polite/humble prefix
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
I see; that's right; indeed
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
private citizen; civilian
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
should; must; -able; probably; likely
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop