occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to differ; to vary; to disagree
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
while; during (the time when)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
great hurry; great haste; rush
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
busy; having no (free) time
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
I've got to be going; I must go
to find a clue; to make a beginning