engagement; business; affair; use; need
after that; afterwards; thereafter
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
than; from; out of; except; but; more
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
had better ...; had better not ...
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
as (for); for; in the capacity of
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)