to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
what time; (lit.) which hour
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
time deviation; time lag; jitter
to appreciate; to be thankful
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
yearned for; longed for; missed
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
schedule; program; programme; agenda
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
letter of invitation; invitation card
research; study; investigation
schedule; program; calendar
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
leader; authority; mainstay
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha