to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
number of times; frequency; count
paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
account book; ledger; register; script (of a play); libretto; scenario
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
so-and-so; who?; which people?
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
progressive (enterprising) spirit
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
job satisfaction; quality of work life; reason to work
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
native-born; trueborn; (belonging) from the start (to a group, organization, etc.); career (e.g. diplomat)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
oblong; landscape orientation
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period