the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
at least; at most; (even) just
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
until now; so far; up to the present
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
president (of a society); chairman
besides; in addition; also; moreover
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
how many years; how long; what year
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)