business district; office complex
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to put into effect; to put into practice
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
piecework that can be done at home; outwork
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
now that; since; so long as; because
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
finding employment; getting a job
on and after; from ... onward; since
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to continue to do; to persist in doing
if so; in that case; in that situation
just because; even if; even though
to quit one's job; to resign
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
overlooking; turning a blind eye
difficult to ...; hard to ...
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again