listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
registered real-estate broker
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to be born; to come into the world
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
must not; should not; do not
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
depopulation; declining population
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
snow pea; snow peas; mange tout
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively