vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
chair; stool; post; office; position
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
two persons; two people; pair; couple
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
so; like this; in this way
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
control; management (e.g. of a business)