questionnaire; survey; poll
one's post; place of work; workplace
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
much less; to say nothing of
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); person who is unable to read the room; danger prevention (e.g. in the workplace)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
that is to say; so that means
business slump; slowdown in business activity
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
fresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
principal of a private school
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
enrolling at a cram school
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)