slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
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)
first meeting; first interview with
senior high school student
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to make merry; to be festive
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
present (brought by a visitor); gift
hostess (in a hostess bar)
I appreciate your efforts
second; number two; runner-up
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
company president; manager; director
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again