cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
now; the present time; just now; another; more
business; trade; operations; sales
job; work; duties; trade; skill
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
although I say; although one might say; although called
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
chit; sales slip; voucher
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
chief; main; principal; important
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of