ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
general manager; director-general
of course; certainly; naturally
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
last week; the week before
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to manage something successfully; to be successful
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
newly appointed; inaugural
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
failure; mistake; blunder
being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)