worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
private affairs; personal matter
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
book café; bookshop with in-house café
beloved child; dear child
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
story; tale; talk; discussion
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter