business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
answering machine; answerphone
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
letter of resignation; request for retirement
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
maternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book
consideration; taking into account
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
private affairs; personal matter
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to be given up; to be discontinued
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
observation; survey; watching
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
sympathy; compassion; pity
proposal; proposition; suggestion
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
talk about divorce or separation
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity