ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
on bad terms; at loggerheads
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
on bad terms; at loggerheads
close; intimate; on good terms
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
observation; survey; watching
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
other side; opposite side; other party
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility