tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
position; job; employment; opening
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
full payment; liquidation
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
your husband; her husband
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to forget to say; to forget to mention