salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to take a breath; to take a short rest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
honorific/polite/humble prefix
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
don't you think?; indicates question
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
of no interest; not interested
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say