circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
smallish; on the small side
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
casual speech; peer language; informal language
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
no!; no no!; no, not at all
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
castle (in place names); castle; fortress