comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
feeling; sense; impression
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
job hunting; job searching
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
no!; no no!; no, not at all
company; corporation; workplace
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
finding employment; getting a job
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to be surprised; to be astonished
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
relatively; comparatively