monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
correction; revision; amendment
without; but if; otherwise; or else
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to be late; to be unpunctual
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
company president; manager; director
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed