meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to sit down; to take a seat
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
two parts; two copies; the second part
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
to say no more; to sink into silence
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
hard to get; hard to come by
the way one works; one's working manner
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
memory; sense; experience
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
(appropriate for) one's age
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
all (there is); as long as there is
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
rule; reign; government; governing
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
prohibition; inhibition; ban