enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
everything; anything; nothing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to laugh away; to laugh off
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
office hours; business hours; working hours
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
something like ...; something called ...
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
fifth day of the month; five days
24 hours; twenty-four hours
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
taking turns; in rotation
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
family; members of a family
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area