promotion; raising of status
price; cost; value; worth; value
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
due form; official; formality
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
plain; plateau; tableland
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness