mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to feel; to sense; to experience
70th birthday; ancient Greek (language)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
had better ...; had better not ...
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
when it becomes; when it comes to
tone (of voice); manner of talking
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
right; correct; proper; righteous; just