negotiations; discussions; connection
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
regular customer; valued client
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina
together; at the same time; same; identical
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to care for someone; to look after someone
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
rebellious phase; rebellious age
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
classic Confucian writings
in the meanwhile; during the time
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)