thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
time clock; time recorder
IC card; smart card; chip card
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
front entrance; front door
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
weather forecast; weather report
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
in the mountains; among the mountains
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
bus terminal; bus station
to stop walking; to pause
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
during a telephone call; busy line
heart; guts; nerve; central part
slowly and quietly; smoothly
fluent (in a language); flowing
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to draw back; to leave (the area)