foreign; abroad; overseas
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
at first; in the beginning; originally
damp; moist (negative nuance)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
within; inside of; less than
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
government office building
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation