illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
inside one's heart; in one's mind
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
in person; personally; directly
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
section manager; section chief
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
direct control; direct supervision
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
very; much; greatly; a lot of
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
duty; function; office; mission; task
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of; very
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
due form; official; formality
green light; (giving) permission; OK
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
even if not; even without
whichever one chooses; either way
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
trusting too much; overestimating ability