to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
fast-talking; rapid talking
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
confusion; mixing; merger
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to listen to in an ecstasy
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
that is to say; so that means
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
two persons; two people; pair; couple
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
frequent reflection (meditation)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
the whole city; all the cities; every city
adoption; selection; choice
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
planning; project; plan; design
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to gather; to collect; to assemble
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
characteristic; feature; special quality
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan