talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
quality (of a product or a service)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
but; however; provided that
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
finished product; finished goods; completed article
of course; certainly; naturally
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
final; eventual; ultimate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
with a fixed time; with a deadline
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
amount of money; sum of money
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
practicality; utility; usefulness
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
trial product; prototype model
to look forward to something
almost; roughly; approximately
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task