society; the world; the times
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
for example; for instance; e.g.
is something that; is that which
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
welcome!; nice to see you!
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
standard; set; routine; decided
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
copier paper; photocopying paper
three; three years of age
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
man; male; masculine gender
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
incident; affair; happening; event
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it