current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
remittance; sending money; transferring money
payment of debts; repayment
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
too (much); overly; excessively
having gone too far to turn back
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
headquarters; head office; main office
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to talk to oneself; to mutter
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to learn something through hearing
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind