expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
don't you think?; indicates question
in the morning; during the morning
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
correction; revision; amendment
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note