protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
period of time; time slot; time zone
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
club activities; extracurricular activities
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
last night; yesterday evening
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
all; entire; whole; altogether
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test