interview (e.g. for a job)
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
door; gate; opening; title page
to make an appearance; to show up
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
grey moustache; white beard
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
narrow eyes; fine texture
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
on the left as one faces (it)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
it's been a long time; long time no see
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
even though it is not; despite not
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
such ... as; or some such
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
surveillance camera; security camera
button (clothing); push-button
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)