to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
target group; target persons
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
unmarried; not yet married
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to detain; to check; to restrain
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
appointed time; timetable; schedule
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
small case with wheels; large bag with handles; carry bag
platform; home; home base; home plate
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to be on the right track; to be close enough
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for