judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
that day; the very same day
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
attendance; presence; appearance
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
theatre; theater; playhouse
theatre-going; theater-going
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
originally; by nature; from the start
to capture; to seize; to plunder
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit