dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to begin talking; to open up
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
graphical user interface; GUI
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
opposite side; opposition
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
outsourcing; subcontracting
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation