direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
telephone call; telephone (device)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to call again; to call someone back
outside telephone line; outer circle
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
baseball player; ballplayer
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
neighbouring house; neighboring house
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
store name; shop name; restaurant name
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
editor (in publishing, etc.)
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
adverse circumstances; adversity
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
action; operation; effect; function
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)