stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
light; easy; non-serious; minor
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
sign of remorse; indication of regret
ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
to graduate from a university
businessman; industrialist
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
regular employment; typical employment
business; trade; operations; sales
property; fortune; means; assets
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
almost every day; almost daily
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
power; authority; jurisdiction
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
vitality; (one's) life force
inheritance; succession to property
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work