introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
older sister; elder sister
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi); Asian bayberry
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
busy; having no time (for)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
back off!; leave me alone!
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch