to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to set up shop; to open a store
yearbook; almanac; annual
clearly; distinctly; vividly
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
control; check; restraint; inhibition
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(someone else's) child; child; kid
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
bureaucratic routine; red tape
to indicate; to show; to point to
(instruction) manual; handbook
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
just because; even if; even though
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight