arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
tap; faucet; tap (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
attendance; presence; appearance
being very busy; busyness
cannot be helped; unavoidable
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
light-emitting diode; LED
legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
desktop; desktop computer; desktop (primary display screen on a personal computer)
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
engineer; technical officer
changing clothes; change of clothes
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
business; work; operations; service; duties
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)