older employee who does not have much actual work
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
improved version; revised edition; refinement
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
to have sex; to bang someone
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
food sampling area (e.g. in a supermarket)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to turn completely into; to become completely
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
social meeting place; watering hole
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter