reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
vitality; ability to earn a living
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
living by oneself; living alone
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
rolled Japanese-style omelette
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
failure; mistake; blunder
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to have an idea; to have a clue
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to become an expert; to be master at
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy