living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
officer's compensation or remuneration
management responsibility; administrative responsibility
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
adviser; advisor; consultant
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
among these; between these; of these
without; but if; otherwise; or else
any more; any further; any better; any longer
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
monolith; large slab of rock
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
how long; how far; how much
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part