mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
so; like this; in this way
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to accept; to receive; to agree
conviction; belief; confidence
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
street at night; making a night journey
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
at someone's (something's) mercy
adds force or indicates command
sexual act; sexual intercourse
preliminary step; first step
another thing; other things; another man's property
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
platform; home; home base; home plate
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (newspaper); Nikkei Shimbun
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
small number; few; minority
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)