woman; female; feminine gender
hello; good day; good afternoon
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
branch manager; manager of a branch office
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
of course; certainly; naturally
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
factory; plant; mill; workshop
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)