public telephone; pay phone
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
detailed; minute; articulate
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
reputation; respectability
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
police cell; place of detention; jail
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
clergyman; churchman; clergy
first; first base; first baseman; fast
special selection; finest pick; top pick
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
personal grudge; personal enmity
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance