to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
night duty; night shift; night work
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
feeling; sense; impression
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
5th day of the month; five days
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
company outing; company retreat
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance
finding employment; getting a job
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
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)
leaving school during a term
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
charming; fascinating; attractive
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
rejection (of an application)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
meaning; significance; sense