to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
one's post; place of work; workplace
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to move (house); to change residence
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
straight-laced person; stubborn person
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
government office; public office
mass communication; mass media
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
even if; even though; however; no matter how
have a good day; take care; see you
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction