group; party; team; squad; section
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to like; to love; to be fond of
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
company president; manager; director
board or officer's meeting
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to turn towards; to point
student (esp. a university student)
tendency; trend; inclination
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be helpful; to be useful
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
just a minute; small quantity
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be worried; to be troubled
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell