to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
letter; missive; note; mail
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
time; hour; period; class
counseling room; counselling room; consulting room; advisory centre
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
original story; original version; this volume
perfect; complete; flawless
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
loveable; very likeable; like very much
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to need; to call for; to require
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
name; given name; first name
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness