telephone call; telephone (device)
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to stare back at; to look back at
document; official papers
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(written) application; application form
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
return; relapse; recurrence
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not