older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
in that way; like that; that way
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to experience
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
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)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
older brother; elder brother