settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
considerably; fairly; quite
study; research; investigation
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
television program; TV program
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
shopping; purchased goods
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
company; corporation; workplace
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
written explanation; written apology
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in