bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
life; living; I; me; student
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
though; even if; whether ... or ...
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
female university student; female college student
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
warmly; cordially; with tender care
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
corridor; hallway; passageway
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to press a question; to cross-examine
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
one's post; place of work; workplace
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
while being out of the office or away from home
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom