(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
waste of time; killing time
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
employer's house; master's house
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
witnessing; observing; sighting
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to be too late; to be too slow
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
even though; despite; when
worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
barber; barbershop; barber shop
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
nervous activity; activity of a nerve
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover