producer (film, TV, etc.)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
shopping; purchased goods
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
that; the matter in question
to press a question; to cross-examine
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
many; much; plenty; hardly
person in charge; official; attendant