fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
vibration; vibrato; trill
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
leaving everything to someone else
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
to put into the mouth; to eat
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
ideally; if one were to wish for more
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
work style; way of working
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
one's (living) environment
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
everyday life; daily life
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want