duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to be silent; to say nothing
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
almost every day; almost daily
all night long; all through the night
near; close; beside; third person
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
to employ; to hire; to charter
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at