when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
materials; data; document
open; public; official; overt
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
using as an intermediary; through
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
the other day; lately; recently
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
invisibly; secretly; privately
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
outside of one's area of expertise
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to chase; to run after; to pursue
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
bank; banking institution
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
how; in what way; by what means
business; trade; operations; sales
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
military personnel; soldier
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish