one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars; wheelwright; cartwright; rickshawman; rickshaw station
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
badness; evilness; bad; evil
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
dedication; presentation; gift
greeting; a fine thing to say
this family; we; this house
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
Mrs; Lady; Madam; your wife
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
additional order; adding to an existing order
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology