praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
tone (of voice); manner of talking
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such ... as; or some such
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
wages; pay; rental payment
winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
amount of money; sum of money
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
large amount of money; great cost
of course; certainly; naturally
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
persecution complex; paranoia
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend