to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
appearance; air; mien; getup
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
please sit down; please have a seat
question; inquiry; enquiry
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
study; research; investigation
pupil; disciple; follower
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
professor; teaching; instruction
fee; charge; rate; material
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; (arch.) gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
mail; postal matter; postal item
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with