to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
import; importation; introduction; afferent
work; business; company; study
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to take over; to hand over
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
it is not (like that) either
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
impossible; unlikely; improbable
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
having no idea; having no clue
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
English conversation; school for English conversation
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
accounting; administration (of money)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)