to find out; to discover; to locate
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
in comparison to; rather than
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off