root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
fabricated article; fabricated (news) story; cooked-up (news) report
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
listed company (on a stock exchange)
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
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
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)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
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
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
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)