indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit
to manage; to take to heart
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
I see; that's right; indeed
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
useless; no good; hopeless
that's the way it is; such is life
in advance; beforehand; previously
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
utmost limits; extremity; limit
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to be transparent; to show through
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
in this way; thus; such; uh...
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
and yet; though; when; in spite of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other