wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
hiring locally; locally-hire; local employee; employment of local staff
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused