polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
the way one works; one's working manner
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to have a rumor circulating
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
complete recovery; healing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to apologize; to apologise
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
technical official; technical officer
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
the other day; lately; recently
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
delusion; trick of the imagination
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste