humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to exchange; to interchange
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
covert action; covert operations
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
prickling; stinging; tingling
father; dad; husband; you; he
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp