insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
management; administration; operation
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
company president; manager; director
(some) more; even more; longer; further
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
feeling; sense; impression
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
promotion; raising of status
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
anything and everything; just about everything
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof