to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to be needed; to be wanted
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
war; battle; match; game; competition
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
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)