to telephone; to make a phone call
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to stay calm; to keep cool
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
anything and everything; just about everything
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
Japan's best; number one in Japan
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
in this way; thus; such; uh...
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
have to do; must; should; ought to
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
willpower; energy; vitality
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
submarine; midget submarine
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
submarine; submersible vessel
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)