Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to lose one's footing; to slip
the other day; a few days ago
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
district; section; sector
business; trade; operations; sales
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
while alive; during one's lifetime
letter; missive; note; mail
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
our country; our land; one's own country
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
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
materials; data; document
safe; vault; storage cabinet
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
(social) position; status
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
personal; individual; private
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer