house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
how; in what way; how about
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
specialized course; specialised course; something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
job hunting; job searching
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
university graduate; having graduated from university
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
illegal channel; back channel; black market
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)