painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
straying; wandering (off course)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
supply; provision; raising; procurement
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be able to manage somehow or other
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made