dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
in order; in turn; one by one
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to begin; to set about; to start
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
the way one works; one's working manner
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
mechanism; organization; organisation
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
two (long cylindrical things)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to continue; to keep up; to keep on