staff member; employee; worker; personnel
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
taste; palate; sense of taste
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
these guys; these fellows
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
all; entire; whole; altogether
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
I appreciate your efforts
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous