contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
at your own discretion; as you see fit
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
considerably; fairly; quite
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
how; in what way; how about
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
magical power; mystical force
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
in comparison to; rather than
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
out of character; unlike one
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk