lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
light meal; snack; refreshments
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to open (one's eyes) wide
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
suffix for familiar person
electric hot plate; hotplate; electric griddle
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
... years old; age (of) ...
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
finding employment; getting a job
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to collect; to assemble; to gather
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic