beginning; outset; first; onset
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
job hunting; job searching
time; season; period; phase; stage
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
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.)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
business; work; operations; service; duties
wish; desire; ambition; choice
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
then; well; so; well then
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
in history; ever; historical
two persons; two people; pair; couple
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)