small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
company president; manager; director
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
of course; certainly; naturally
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to keep (a person) waiting
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
license; permit; licence; certificate
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hired car with driver; chauffeur-driven vehicle for hire
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
such; this sort of; like this
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
time; hour; period; class
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
don't you think?; indicates question
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?