business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
business world; business circles; (the) industry
notice; attention; observation
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
(one's) quota; assignment
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
transactions; dealings; business
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
university student; college student
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
template; run of the mill; formulaic
almost; roughly; approximately
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from