comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
hostility; antagonism; opposition
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
third day of the month; three days
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
prohibition; inhibition; ban
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
together; at the same time; same; identical
clear; precise; definite; distinct
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
that is to say; so that means
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
general; popular; common; typical
maintenance; preservation; improvement
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...