condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
blocking the way; standing in the way
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
along the road; at the side of the road
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
when it becomes; when it comes to
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
suffix for familiar person
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
considerably; greatly; a lot
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
future (usually near); prospects
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
company president; manager; director
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix