to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
human relations; personal relationships
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
business; work; operations; service; duties
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
several times; a few times
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
rest; break; recess; intermission
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
membership registration; member registration; enrolling as a member; subscription
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
staff with plaited paper streamers
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole