principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
at work; in the midst of work; working
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
grandfather; male senior-citizen
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
at a glance; at first sight
speaking voice; talking voice
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
command; lead; generalship; leadership
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
mountain road; mountain trail
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
interval; break; pause; spare moment