advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
(United States of) America; USA
Douglas; Dauglass; Donglass; Douglass
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to gather; to collect; to assemble
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
two persons; two people; pair; couple
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety