ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
first meeting; first interview with
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
document; official papers
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to strip and leave clothes lying around
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
due form; official; formality
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
defense; defence; protection
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do