hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
hey; listen; look here; I say
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
ascetic practices; ridding oneself of desires for food, clothing and shelter; religious medicancy; mendicant monk; sack; carry-all bag
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
payment date; date of payment
drowsiness; somnolence; somnolentia; fatigue; lethargy
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges; rent
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
identification papers; piece of identification; identity document; ID
official copy of the family register
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
circulation; dissemination
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
ability to get things done
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
notarized document; notarised document
notary public; notary; public notary
dictation; verbal statement