in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
tension; mental strain; nervousness
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
chair; stool; post; office; position
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to stare in wonder; to be amazed