member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
bribe; sweetener; douceur
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
newspaper reporter; print journalist
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
curry manjū; steamed yeast bun with a curry sauce filling
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
time; hour; period; class
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
name; given name; first name
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
had better ...; had better not ...
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
not necessarily so; is not always true
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
planning; project; plan; design
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen