to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
serious; not joking; straight
clerk; office worker; office staff
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
speaking voice; talking voice
not understanding; not knowing
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
morality; moral principles
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
article; news story; report; account
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
error of judgment; miscalculation
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant