person of culture; cultured person
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
kitchen; financial situation
dishwashing; doing dishes
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
leaving everything up to someone else
maid; helper; help; assistance
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
raising and lowering; loading and unloading
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
degeneration; retrogression
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
product; produce; result; fruit
it's been a long time; long time no see
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
old friend; old acquaintance
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
distinction; discrimination
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone