when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
payment of debts; repayment
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to apologize; to apologise
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
suffix for familiar person
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
university library; college library
incident; affair; happening; event
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
newspaper story (article, account)
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
digitization; digitalization
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
article; news story; report; account
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study