employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
originally; by nature; from the start
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
totally naked; buck naked
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit down; to take a seat
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to cease; to stop; to be over
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
settlement; solution; resolution
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say