bill (at a restaurant); check
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
espresso (coffee); expresso
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
had better ...; had better not ...
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
time; season; period; phase; stage
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to live; to make a living; to get on with
(period of) a year; during an era
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
long; drawn-out; very long
to talk; to chat; to chatter