poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
drama; play; powerful drug
little theater; small theater
small cinema; arthouse cinema
being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
agora (public open space in ancient Greece); Agora (programming language)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)