(committee) chairman; president
congratulation; celebration
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sorry; excuse me; thank you
leading person; foremost figure
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
in one's own way or style
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
study; diligence; discount; reduction
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation