shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
accomplishment; execution
now; the present time; just now; another; more
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this sort of; this type of
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
failure; mistake; blunder
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
declaration; proclamation; announcement
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged