in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
president (of a society); chairman
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to call out; to ask someone to come
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
story; tale; talk; discussion
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
it's been a long time; long time no see
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
development; exploitation
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
now; the present time; just now; another; more
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)