cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
bygones; the past; past event
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
repair workshop; garage; repairman
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
lately; recently; nowadays
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
pregnancy; conception; gestation
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
at least; at most; (even) just
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
inattention; absent-mindedness
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
looking pale; looking unwell
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
preference; priority; precedence
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
chicken bones; chicken carcass
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)