business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
all; entire; whole; altogether
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to beat to death; to kill
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
human relations; personal relationships
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
in the meanwhile; during the time
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
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
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
adviser; advisor; consultant
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do