busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
such; this sort of; like this
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
birthday party; birthday meet-up
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
name; given name; first name
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
in that way; thus; so; so?
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
chair; stool; post; office; position
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
your husband; her husband
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
company management; managing a company
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
scale; scope; plan; structure
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that