to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
mental; spiritual; emotional
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to triumph; to be elated with success
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune