finding employment; getting a job
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
piece; fragment; one (object)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
don't you think?; indicates question
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
like this; this sort; this way
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
period of time; time slot; time zone
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
number of persons; personnel
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
foreign; abroad; overseas
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to redeem (from sin); to save
accurate; correct; precise; exact
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy