with the exception of; excepting; excluding
opening and shutting; opening and closing
24 hours; twenty-four hours
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
central government office; head office; this office
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
number one; first; best; most; game; round
rifling marks on a fired bullet
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to recall; to remember; to recollect
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
father; dad; husband; you; he
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also