thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
conference room; council room
every person; every mouth; every entrance
bento; Japanese box lunch
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
one large ...; a great ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
by myself; in person; by oneself
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
only; merely; but; no more than
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
preference; priority; precedence