office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
symbol; code; sign; notation
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
even more; still more; further
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
observation; survey; watching
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
with these words; while saying
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
young woman who acts like an old man
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers