company; corporation; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
rational; logical; coherent
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
and yet; though; when; in spite of
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
female university student; female college student
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example