to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
rubbing one's hands together
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
to get change back; to be more than enough
papermaking; paper manufacture
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
if so; in that case; in that situation
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
suppuration; festering; coming to head
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to keep a watchful eye on
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
removal of stitches; removal of sutures
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve