company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
in the course of one's duties
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
around the world; throughout the world
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
genius; prodigy; natural gift
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
difficult to ...; hard to ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to grumble about something (trivial)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation