foreign; abroad; overseas
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
company president; manager; director
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
during a telephone call; busy line
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)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
after a long time; for the first time in a while
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
business trip; official trip
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to telephone; to make a phone call
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
turning to the right; right turn
had better ...; had better not ...