accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
nurses' station; nurse training and placement organization
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
orthopedic surgery; orthopaedic surgery; orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to stare back (at); to glare back
to recover consciousness; to come to
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)