fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
Japanese person; Japanese people
article; news story; report; account
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
discipline; punishment; reprimand
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
all honors; winning hand consisting only of honor tiles
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to employ; to hire; to charter
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
testimony; (verbal) evidence
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
form; shape; figure; visage
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic