preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
briskly; quickly; promptly
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
day after day; day by day
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
interview (e.g. for a job)
time; hour; period; class
have a good day; take care; see you
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
pressure; oppression; suppression
meaning; significance; sense
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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?
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be silent; to say nothing
fiery chariot; kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies); (in China) train (i.e. steam locomotive); (arch.) vile old hag
originally; by nature; from the start
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
monster cat; cat with magical powers
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with