(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
determination; resolution
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
parts; accessories; components
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to bury; to embed; to implant
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
some people; a few people; several people
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
it's been a long time; long time no see
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly