butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
second day of the month; two days
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
world; society; people; the public
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to rise; to erect; to get up
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
how many years; how long; what year
both; both sides; both parties
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tenth day of the month; ten days