everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
place where one works; construction site; working area
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
company president; manager; director
at work; in the midst of work; working
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
present; gift; to give a present or gift
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice