serious; not joking; straight
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
personal; individual; private
prohibition; inhibition; ban
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
set meal; special (of the day)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to rebuke; to scold harshly
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
that day; the very same day
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events