sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
in the morning; during the morning
headquarters; head office; main office
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
looking depressed; long face
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to increase; to add to; to augment
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
rather; sooner; preferably
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
interior; inside; internal
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
letter; missive; note; mail
bronze statue; bronze sculpture
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
brand items; brand-name goods
in the end; on top of that
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
watchmaker; watchmaking company
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
judgement; judgment; connoisseur