to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to repeat; to do something over again
by myself; in person; by oneself
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
garden (esp. with trees); park
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
(one's) quota; assignment
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
high-class restaurant; high-end store
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to find out; to discover; to locate
detective agency; enquiry agency
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill