year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
time; season; period; phase; stage
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion; 10^12
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
home; household; family; hearth
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
increase in income and profit
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to collect; to assemble; to gather
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
attendance; presence; appearance
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself