great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
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
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
hard worker; hardworking person
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to detain; to check; to restrain
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
section manager; section chief
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
alone; by oneself; on one's own