on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
regular customer; valued client
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
instead; but (on the other hand)
consumption; expenditure; spending
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to call a person's attention (to)
rising; ascending; climbing
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
professional job; profession
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while