job; work; duties; trade; skill
the teaching profession; education of laity
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
different opinion; objection
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
construction; establishment
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
articles; supplies; parts
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
television program; TV program
tool; implement; means; furniture
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku