(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
prime of one's working life
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
woman; female; feminine gender
traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to make an appearance; to show up
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
father and mother; parents
older brother and younger sister
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to watch over; to watch attentively
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
infancy; childish; infantile; immature