I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
primary school; elementary school; grade school
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to order; to command; to appoint
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
suspension (from work or school)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
government worker; public servant; civil servant
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
while; during; while; although; all; both
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
training (esp. in-service); induction course
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock