company president; manager; director
while; during; while; although; all; both
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
... years old; age (of) ...
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
home; household; family; hearth
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
last week; the week before
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
rich person; wealthy person
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
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)
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
nothing but; except; no more than
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
shabby; unsightly; unkempt