opinion; point of view; visual point
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
one's post; place of work; workplace
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
reform; reformation; reorganization
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
please; somehow or other; one way or another
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
don't you think?; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
writing; composition; essay; sentence
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response