correspondence; exchange of letters
attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
then; and (then); in that case; if so
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how many people; a number of people
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
bank; banking institution
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
female high school student
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to set (sun); to become dark
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
point card; loyalty card; reward card
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
stairs; stairway; staircase
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to discuss; to talk together
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
scale; scope; plan; structure
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
supply; supplying; replenishment
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)