dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be able to manage somehow or another
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
headache inducing; vexing
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
minimum; at the very least
allocation; assignment; allotment
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
management; administration; operation
stealthily; secretly; in secret
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
sense of duty (obligation)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)