treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
ago; since; before; previous
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hoarding; storing away (without using)
this world; this life; this generation; present day
ancestor; forefather; foremother
release; emission; ejection
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
several times (as large, over)
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
such; like that; that sort of; very
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise