end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
unanticipated; unexpected
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be able to manage somehow or another
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected