dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
though; notwithstanding; although
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
unexpectedly; surprisingly
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
memories; recollections; reminiscence
height (of body); stature
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
employment (long term); hire
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
innermost depths of one's heart
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele