pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
no!; no no!; no, not at all
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to speak; to hear a voice
dining; dining room; meal
seat at a table; place at a table
advance; moving forward; progress
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
have a good day; take care; see you
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
poor business performance; economic slump
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)