ordering (materials); placing an order; order
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
ability; capability; skill
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
how long; how far; how much
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
progress; advance; improvement; development
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to watch over; to watch attentively
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
this (very thing); this precisely
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression