Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
ability; performance; efficiency
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
(not) a single person; (no) one
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
parent-teacher association; PTA
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
with a broad grin; smirking
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
fully armed; armed to the teeth
private message; PM; post meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
hand-clapping ceremony (celebrating the settling of a bargain, marking a reconciliation, etc.)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
peace conference; peace talks
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold