each place; various places
entrance; admission; entering
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
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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)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
joining; joint; intermediation; acting as an intermediary; relaying; taking over; middle relief pitcher
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
whispering into a person's ear
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
still; even now; to this day
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
general; popular; common; typical
indeed; really; truly; very much
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach