for work; for manufacturing
notebook computer; laptop
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
personal circumstances; one's own convenience
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
guess; conjecture; surmise
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
pleased to make your acquaintance
speech; expression; wording; language
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
this occasion; at this time; now
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to grow taller (of people)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
freely; frankly; without reserve
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally