soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
called; known as; that; to say
way (of doing); manner; method; means
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
techno-; techno; techno-pop
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
don't you think?; indicates question
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like