effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
side effect; adverse reaction
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
clinical study; clinical trial
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
quantitative; concerning the quantity
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
whispering into a person's ear
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
bank; banking institution
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
royal capital; imperial capital
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
first of all; first thing
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
impression given by a painting or image
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
young person; inexperienced person; novice