joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to have a talk; to tell a story
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
pointing out; identification
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
boy; son; baby boy; young man
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate