leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
please; somehow or other; one way or another
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
spring water; clear (pure) water
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
your company; your shrine
honour; honor; glory; privilege
unveiling; debut; introduction
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
than; from; out of; except; but; more
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
how; in what way; how about
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
care; precaution; guarding; caution
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
conference room; council room
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
rather; sooner; preferably
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move