office hours; business hours; working hours
outside of; not covered by
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
illiteracy; illiterate person; an illiterate
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to have learning; to be educated
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
recorded in history; historical
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
root; source; origin; cause
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
absence; disregard; indifference
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
arrangement; pact; agreement
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be born; to come into this world
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
in the end; at the end of the day
struggle (for); scramble; contest