near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
opinion; intention; thought
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to need; to call for; to require
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
yoke; constraints; oppression
to become possible; to become able to (do)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
sharing household chores (between husband and wife)
practical problem; practical matter
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
brave warrior; hero; brave man
global scale; worldwide scale
occupational ability; function; role
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
open; public; official; overt