office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
rather; sooner; preferably
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
clear; distinct; evident; definite
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
number of times; frequency; count
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
north entrance; north exit
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
health hazard; health damage
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
river; stream; River; the ... river
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of