bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
muddy water; red-light district
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
squad leader; group leader; team leader
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to have an idea; to have a clue
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
student (esp. a university student)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
when it becomes; when it comes to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
I see; that's right; indeed
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
telephone book; telephone directory
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call