world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
many; a lot; much; multitude
company name; name of a company
general; popular; common; typical
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
that is to say; so that means
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
environment; circumstance
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
flexible work hours; flexi-time
day (as in holiday); daytime
expected overtime (stipulated as a specific number of hours)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting