constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to engage in lively conversation
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
story; tale; talk; discussion
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
at work; in the midst of work; working
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
counter for books; volume
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to be too numerous; to be too much
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
originally; by nature; from the start
analog person; person not good with technology
useless resistance; vain struggle
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
matter to be checked or investigated
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
from the beginning; from scratch
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise