office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to feel; to sense; to experience
proper; respectable; decent; honest
government office; public office
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
difference; disparity; gap
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to call in; to invite; to bring in
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence