everything; anything; nothing
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to live; to make a living; to get on with
verbal message; word (from someone)
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
it is I who should say so
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
any more; any further; any better; any longer
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to feel; to sense; to experience
himself; yourself; herself
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
had better ...; had better not ...
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
maintenance; preservation; improvement
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
control; management (e.g. of a business)
frame; framework; outline
powerful person; influential person
admiration; being impressed (by)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
just a minute; small quantity
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful