to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
branch office; branch store
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
business; trade; operations; sales
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sharply; harshly; stingingly
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
programme; program; plans; arrangements
basic Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
although I say; although one might say; although called
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
large number (of); many; majority
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
storehouse; warehouse; godown
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to feel; to sense; to experience
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer