poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
irritation; annoyance; frustration
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
patent; special permission; license; licence
secrecy; highly classified information
outsider; someone outside of a group
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
to do together; to share; to participate in
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
investigation; research; looking something up
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
entry; going into; approach
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of