municipal office; council; city hall
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
district; section; sector
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
so; like this; in this way
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
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
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
don't you think?; indicates question
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain