childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to speak; to hear a voice
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
bento; Japanese box lunch
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
only; merely; but; no more than
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)