easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
flying bird; soaring bird
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to become vulgar; to coarsen
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
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)
research funds (expenses)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
cut; reduction; curtailment
regret; repentance; remorse
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
regular time; stated period
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
on the occasion of; at the time of
to visit (someone) in hospital
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
festival; feast; carnival
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
picking; collecting; harvesting
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
suited figure; person in a suit
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan