speaking tube; voice pipe
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
secret; private; surreptitious
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
had better ...; had better not ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
match; game; bout; contest
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
how can (one) do something
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
reason; cause; circumstances
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to say no more; to sink into silence
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)