900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
last week; the week before
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
by sheer strength; by brute force
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to provide; to arrange; to install
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
wide turn; detour; the long way around
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
pressure; oppression; suppression
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
palmyra; lusterleaf holly; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to increase; to add to; to augment
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
this and that; various things
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do