development; exploitation
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
deadline (esp. in the entertainment industry); fixed ending time
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
younger woman (usu. 20-30 years old) who is physically attracted to mature older men (usu. 50-60 years old)
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
one's house; one's home; one's family
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
this one; this way; this method
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
-less; lacking; non-existing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
how can (one) do something
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
memory; sense; experience
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever